Appendix B - HVAC and GSHP Units Converter

Input Values in Yellow Cells - Read Converted Units in Blue Cells

English to Metric Metric to English
Temperature 68 °F = 20.0 °C 0
Length 100 ft = 30.5 m 100
Length 1.00 in = 2.54 cm 1.00
Distance 1.00 mi = 1.61 km 1.00
Mass 1.00 lb = 0.45 kg 1.00
Area 1,000 ft2 = 93 m2 1000
3 3
Volume 1000.0 ft = 28.3 m 93
Volume 100.0 gal = 378.5 litres 100
Power 1 hp = 0.75 kW 1
3
Density 1.00 lb/ft = 16.02 kg/m3 1000.00
Velocity 1000 fpm = 5.080 m/s 1
Pressure 100 psi = 689.5 kPa 100
External Static Presure 1 in. of water = 249.0 Pa 1000
Liquid head 100 ft of water = 30.5 m of water 100
Head-Pressure 37.3 ft. water = 111.9 kPa 152
Head-Pressure 3 ft. water/100' 0.295 kPa/m 1
Specific Heat 1.00 Btu/lb-°F 4.19 kJ/kg-K 1.00
Therm Cond 1.000 Btu/h-ft-°F = 1.731 W/m-K 1.000
Thermal Resistance 1.000 h-ft-°F/Btu = 0.578 m-K/W 0.578
Heat Transfer Coefficient 100.0 Btu/h-ft2-°F = 567.8 W/m2-K 100.0
2
Hydraulic Conductivity (permeability) 1.000 gal/ft -day 0.041 m/day 0.010
Air Flow 1000 cfm = 472.0 Lps 1000
Air Flow 1000 cfm = 1699.2 m3/hr 1000
Water Flow 1 gpm = 3.79 Lpm 1
Water Flow 1000 gpm = 63.09 Lps 1
Water Flow 100 gpm = 22.7 m3/hr 100
Specific capacity (water well) 1.000 gpm/ft = 0.021 Lps/m 0.0100
Loop thermal mass 1.00 gal/ton = 1.07 L/kW 1.00
Acerage to sq. ft. 1 acres 43560 ft2 43560
2
Acerage 1 acres 4047 m 1000
Acerage 1000 acres 405 ha (104 m2) 1000

Cooling load/Capacity 1 Ton = 3.52 kW 1

Cooling load/Capacity 1000 kBtu/h = 293.1 kW 1000.0
Cooling load/Lake area 10 Ton/acre = 86.9 kW/ha 10
Cooling load/Face Area 11.5 kBtu/h-ft2 36.3 kW/m2 50.0
Cooling Eff. EER←→COP 14.00 Btu/W-h = 4.10 W/W 3.99
Cooling Eff. kW/ton←→COP 0.75 kW/Ton = 4.69 W/W 4.69

Bore Length/hp cap. 282 ft/ton = 24.4 m/kW 18.5

Feet per ton to W/m 209 ft/ton = 55.2 W/m 40
2 2
Bore Length/floor area 0.40 ft/ft = 4.30 m/m 4.30
Pump power/hp cap. 5 hp/100 ton = 1.06 kWm/100 kWt 1
Pump power/hp cap. 11.3 hp/100 ton = 24.0 Wm/kWt 1
Floor Area/capacity 353 ft2/ton = 9.33 m2/kW 9.33
Water Flow/capacity 2.5 gpm/ton = 2.69 Lpm/kW 3
Demand/Floor area 6.50 W/ft2 = 69.94 W/m2 4.30
Air Flow/capacity 400 cfm/ton = 53.7 Lps/kW 50
Solar Radiation 7 Btu/hr-ft2= 0.021 kW/m2 1.00
2 2
Solar Radiation 500 Btu/day-ft = 5.7 MJ/day-m 34.1
Lake Flow 13500 ft3/s 382.33 m3/s 2
Header Cfactor Ht Loss 0.002 gpm/ft 0.00041 Lps/m 0.00041
Fin pitch - fin spacing 12 fins/inch = 2.1 mm 2.1

Cost/Area $12.84 $/ft2 = $138.21 $/m2 $1.93

Cost/Length $0.60 $/ft = $1.97 $/m $20.00
Cost/Cooling load $7,694 $/Ton = $2,188 $/kW $1,737
Cost/Volume $15.00 $/gal = $3.96 $/litre $4.00

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onverter
nits in Blue Cells
Metric to English
°C = 32.0 °F
m = 328.1 ft
cm = 0.394 in
km = 0.62 mi
kg = 2.20 l2
m2 = 10764 ft2
m2 = 3283.8 ft2
litres = 26.4 gal
kW = 1.34 hp
kg/m3 = 62.44 lb/ft3
m/s = 197 fpm
kPa 14.5 psi
Pa = 4.02 in. of water
m of water = 328.1 ft of water
kPa 50.7 ft. water
kPa/m 0.33 ft. water/100'
kJ/kg-K 0.24 Btu/lb-°F
W/m-K = 0.578 Btu/h-ft-°F
m-K/W = 1.000 h-ft-°F/Btu
W/m2-K = 17.6 Btu/h-ft2-°F
m/day 0.246 gal/ft2-day
Lps = 2118.6 cfm
3
m /hr 588.5 cfm
Lpm = 0.264 gpm
Lps = 15.9 gpm
m3/hr = 440.2 gpm
Lps/m = 0.483 gpm/ft
L/kW = 0.93 gal/ton
2
ft 1.0 acres
2
m 0.247 acres
ha = 2470 acres

kW = 0.284 Ton
kW = 3412.0 kBtu/h
kW/ha = 1.2 Ton/acre
kW/m2 15.8 kBtu/h-ft2
W/W = 13.61 Btu/W-h
W/W = 0.75 kW/Ton

m/kW = 213.5 ft/ton

 W/m 288.5 ft/ton
2
m/m = 0.40 ft/ft2
kWm/100 kWt = 4.7 hp/100 ton
kWm/100 kWt = 4.7 hp/100 ton
m2/kW = 353 ft2/ton
Lpm/kW 2.79 gpm/ton
W/m2 = 0.40 W/ft2
Lps/kW 372.6 cfm
kW/m2 = 317 Btu/hr-ft2
MJ/day-m2 3004 Btu/day-ft2=
m3/s = 70.6 ft3/s
Lps/m = 0.00198 gpm/ft
mm = 12.1 fins/inch

$/m2 = $0.18 $/ft

$/m = $6.10 $/Ton
$/kW $494
$/litre $15.14 $/gal

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