Fundamental Conversion Factors

Ref: GPSA Engineering Data Book

Tenth Edition (1987)
1st Printing, 1987
pg. 23-8 & pg. 1-11

Gas Constant: R= 10.73165 (ft³ psia)/(°R lb.mole)

82.05791 (cm³ atm)/(K g.mole)
669.9550 (cm³ psia)/(°R g.mole)
1.985889 Btu/(°R lb.mole)
1.985889 cal/(K g.mole)
8.314519 J/(K g.mole)

Temperature: 0 °F = 459.67 °R
0 °C = 273.15 K
1K= 1.8 R°

Pressure: 1 atm = 14.69595 psia

101.3250 kPa
1.013250 bar
1 psia = 6.894758 kPa
1 kPa = 0.01 bar
0.1450377 psia

N/m² = (J/m)/m² = J/m³

Gas Gravity: (M)air = 28.9625

Liquid Gravity: Water density @ 60 °F= 8.33718 lbm/gal

62.3664 lbm/ft³
°API = 141.5/SpGr - 131.5 0.999015 g/cm³

Note: Water density from Steam32 is 0.999051 g/cm³ @ 1 atm & 60 °F.

Length: 1 in = 2.54 cm
1 ft = 12 in
30.48 cm
0.3048 m
1 m = 3.280839895 ft

Area: 1 in² = 6.4516 cm²

1 ft² = 144 in²
929.0304 cm²
0.09290304 m²
1 acre = 43560 ft²
1 m² = 10.76391042 ft²

Fundamental definitions in bold 8/25/2004

 Fundamental Conversion Factors

Volume: 1 gal = 231 in³

3785.411784 cm³
0.003785412 m³
1 bbl = 42 gal
1 ft³ = 1728 in³
28316.84659 cm³
0.028316847 m³
7.480519481 gal
0.178107607 bbl
1 m³ = 35.31466672 ft³
264.1720524 gal
6.28981077 bbl

Mass: 1 lbm = 453.5924 g

0.4535924 kg
1 kg = 2.204622476 lbm

Density: 1 g/cm³ = 62.42795645 lb/ft³

1 lb/ft³ = 0.133680556 lb/gal
16.01846443 kg/m³
1 kg/m³ = 0.062427956 lb/ft³

Energy: 1 Btu = 251.9957611 cal (I.T.)

1055.0559 J
778.1692 ft lbf
1 cal = 4.1868 J
0.003968321 Btu
1 J = 0.000947817 Btu
1 Watt sec

Gas/Oil Ratio: 1 ft³/bbl = 0.17810761 ft³/ft³

GOR Correction:
n lab
=
(Z γ )
g field
=
(F
pv Fg )lab
n field (Z γ )
g lab (Fpv Fg )field

Liquid density from

shrinkage: Vstk m ρ mL
S≡ = stk stk ⇒ ρL = S
VL mL ρL mstk ρstk

Air @ sea level: Mass Ratio N2/O2 = 3.2632

Mass Ratio CO2/O2 = 0.0020

Fundamental definitions in bold 8/25/2004