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Re: BTUs converted to foot pounds
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Posted by Pooh Bear on January 21, 2007 at 00:02:28 from (66.11.244.34):
In Reply to: BTUs converted to foot pounds posted by Sunny 4 acres on January 20, 2007 at 20:53:32:
If you had a steam boiler rated in BTU's and you wanted to know how much work it would output in foot-pounds you would need to know how to do the conversion. 550 ft-lbs/sec = 1 HP = 2545 BTU/hour. Or you could use it to find the efficiency of the boiler. Basic physics/thermodynamics stuff mostly. 1980000 ft-lbs/hour = 2545 BTU/hour = 1 HP. Pooh Bear (aka Fluff for Brains)
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