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General Calculation Procedures
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General Calculation Procedures

Converted Value - To calculate an equivalent value expressed in a new dimensional unit, from a value expressed in
another dimensional unit, complete the following steps:

! Select the Unit Conversions menu item from the Utilities menu list. The Units Conversions calculation
screen will appear.

! Enter the known value and dimensional units.

! Select the new dimensional units. The converted value will automatically be calculated and displayed.

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Example Calculation

Calculate the equivalent value in mBar for a pressure value of 10 Psig.

To perform the calculation, complete the following steps.

! Select the Unit Conversions menu item from the Utilities menu list. The Units Conversions calculation
screen will appear.

! Enter 10 Psi for Known Value.

! Select mBar from the Converted Value dimensional units list.

Results - The results should be similar to the following:

Converted Value: 689.48 mBar

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Screen Description

GASCalc provides a utility to convert values between various industry related dimensional units. The utility
calculates an equivalent value expressed in a specified dimensional unit, from a known value expressed in another
dimensional unit. To perform the calculation, select the Unit Conversions menu item from the Utilities menu list. The
features associated with the screen are described below.

Data Items

Converted Value - A panel and list box used to display the converted value, and to set the desired conversion units.
Set the conversion unit by selecting it from the list. The converted value will automatically be recalculated if the
dimensional unit is changed.

Known Value - A data field and list box used to enter the known parameter value and dimensional unit. Enter the
value by typing it into the box. Ensure the value is expressed in terms of the selected dimensional unit. Set the
dimensional unit by selecting it from the list. The converted value will automatically be calculated when the
dimensional unit or numeric value is changed.

Command Buttons

Close - A command button used to close the calculation screen and save the current values.

Help - A command button used to display this Calculation Reference.

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Notes & Considerations

! The dimensional unit list associated with the “Known” value contains all of the units available for conversion.
When a particular unit is selected from the list, the contents of the converted unit list is changed to reflect only those
values of the same type as the selected known unit.

! To specify the number of digits to display to the right of the decimal indicator, double-click in the data field or
panel associated with a data or calculated item. The Decimal Specifications screen will appear. Enter or select the
desired number of digits. Select the Apply command button to save and apply the changes.

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Background Information

The various dimensional units and conversion factors are listed in the following table. The base units internally used
by GASCalc are listed in parentheses ( ) in the Unit Group column of the table. The Conversion Factors are used to
convert values expressed in the associated unit, to values expressed in the base units.

Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Area - Orifice and Puncture cm sq 0.155
(Base Units = Inches sq) (square centimeters)
Feet sq 144
(square feet)
Inches sq 1
(square inches)
Meters sq, Metres sq 1550
(square meters)
mm sq 0.00155
(square millimeters)

Area - Other Applications Acres 43560

(Base Units = Feet sq)
Cm sq 0.0010765
(square centimeters)
Feet sq 1
(square feet)
Hectares 107650
Inches sq 0.0069444
(square inches)
km sq 10765000
(square kilometers)
Meters sq, Metres sq 10.765
(square meters)
Miles sq 27878400
(square miles)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

mm sq 0.000010765
(square millimeters)

Density - Mass gm/cc 62.43

(Base Units = Lbm/cf) (grams per cubic centimeter)
Lbm/cf 1
(pound mass per cubic foot)
kgm/m3 0.06243
(kilograms per cubic meter)

Density - Weight gmf/cc 62.43

(Base Units = Lbf/cf) (grams force per cubic centimeter)
Lbf/cf 1
(pound force mass per cubic foot)
kgf/m3 0.06243
(kilograms force per cubic meter)
N/m3 0.0063665
(newton per cubic meter)

Depth, Diameter, Roughness Centimeter, cm 0.3937

(Base Units = Inches)
Feet, ft 12
Inches, in 1
Meters, Metres, m 39.37
Microns 0.00003937
mil 0.001
Millimeter, mm 0.03937

Efficiency Decimal 1
(Base Units = Decimal)
Percent, % 0.01

Energy Btu 1
(Base Units = Btu)
Hp-hours 2547
(horsepower hours)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Joules 0.00094805
kJoules 0.94805
(thousands of Joules)
kWatt-hours, kWh 3413
(thousands of watt hours)
MBtu 1000
(thousands of British Thermal Units)
MJoules 948.05
(millions of Joules)
MWatt-hours, MWh 3413000
(millions of watt hours)
MMBtu 1000000
(millions of British Thermal Units)
Therms 100000
Watt-hours 3.413

Flow Rate Ccf/mo 0.13689

(Base Units = Cfh) (hundred cubic feet per month)
Cfd 0.041667
(cubic feet per day)
Cfh 1
(cubic feet per hour)
Cfm 60
(cubic feet per minute)
gpm 8.022
(gallons per minute)
Liters/min 2.1186
(liters per minute)
m3/d, m3d 1.47125
(cubic meters per day)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

m3/hr, m3h 35.31
(cubic meters per hour)
Mcfd 41.667
(thousands of cubic feet per day)
Mcfh 1000
(thousands of cubic feet per hour)
Mcf/mo 1.3689
(thousands of cubic feet per month)
Mm3/d, Mm3d 1471.25
(thousands of cubic meters per day)
Mm3h, Mm3/h 35310
(thousands of cubic meters per hour)
MMcfd 41667
(millions of cubic feet per day)
MMcfh 1000000
(millions of cubic feet per hour)
MMm3/d, MMm3d 1471250
(millions of cubic meters per day)

Fuel Cfh/hp 1
(XXX/hp) (cubic feet per hour per horsepower)
gph/hp 1
(gallons per hour per horsepower)
kW/hp 1
(kilowatt per horsepower)
Mcfh/hp 1
(thousand cubic feet per hour per horsepower)
Cfh/kW 0.74571
(cubic feet per hour per kilowatt)
gph/kW 0.74571
(gallons per hour per kilowatt)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

kW/kW 0.74571
(kilowatt fuel per kilowatt power)
Mcfh/kW 0.74571
(thousand cubic feet per hour per kilowatt)

Heating Value Btu/cf 1

(Base Units = Btu/cf) (British Thermal Units per cubic foot)
Btu/m3 0.028321
(British Thermal Units per cubic meter)
Joules/cf 0.00094805
(Joules per cubic foot)
Joules/m3 0.000026849
(Joules per cubic meter)
kJoules/cf, kJ/cf 0.94805
(thousands of Joules per cubic foot)
kJoules/m3, kJ/m3 0.026849
(thousands of Joules per cubic meter)
MBtu/cf 1000
(thousands of British Thermal Units per cubic
foot)
MBtu/m3 0.00002832
(thousands of British Thermal Units per cubic
meter)
MJoules/m3, MJ/m3 26.849
(thousands of Joules per cubic meter)

Length & Elevation Centimeter, cm 0.03281

(Base Units = Feet)
Chains (Surveyors) 66
Feet, ft 1
Inches, in 1 / 12
Kilometers, km 3281

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Links (Surveyors) 0.66
Meters, Metres, m 3.281
Microns 0.000003281
Miles, mi 5280
Millimeter, mm 0.003281
Nautical Miles 6076.1
Rods 16.5

Moment, Torque Ft-kip 1000

(Ft-Lbf)
Ft-Lbf 1
In-kip 83.333
In-Lbf 0.083333
kN-m 737.60
N-m 0.73760

Permeation Cm3-mil/100in2-day-atm 0.000050846

(Ft^3-mil/Ft^2-day-atm)
Cm3-cm/cm2-s-bar 1131156
Ft3-mil/ft2-day-atm 1

Power Hp 1
(horsepower) (horsepower)
kW 1.341
(kilowatts)

Pressure & Pressure Drop Atmosphere, atm 14.7

(Base Units = Psi)
Bar 14.504
Feet H2O, ft-wc 0.4335
GPa 145004
(billions of Pascals)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Inches H2O, in-wc 0.036092
(inches of water column)
Inches Hg, in-Hg 0.491154
(inches of mercury)
kg/cm2 14.22
(kilograms per square centimeters)
kg/m2 0.001422
(kilograms per square meters)
kPa 0.14504
(thousands of Pascals)
Ksi 1000
(thousands of pounds per square inch)
Millibar, mBar 0.014504
MPa 14504
(millions of Pascals)
mm-H2O 0.0014209
(millimeters of water column)
mm-Hg 0.0193367
(millimeters of mercury)
Osi 0.0625
(ounces per square inch)
Pascals, pa 0.00014504
Psf 0.0069444
(pounds per square foot)
Psi 1
(pounds per square inch)

Temperature Celsius, C EC * 1.8 + 491.67

(Base Units = Rankine)
Fahrenheit, F EF + 459.67
Kelvin, K EK * 1.8

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Rankine, R 1

Thermal Conductivity Btu/hr-ft-F 1

(Btu/hr-ft-F)
Thermal Expansion cm/cm-C 5/9
(Base Units = In/in-F) (centimeter per centimeter degree Celsius)
In/in-F 1
(inches per inches degree Fahrenheit)
mm/mm-C 5/9
(millimeter per millimeter degree Celsius)

Time - Multiple short duration Days, dy, D 86400

(seconds)
Hours, hr, H 3600
Minutes, min, M 60
Seconds, sec, S 1

Time - Single long duration Day 1

(day)
Hour 0.041667
Minute 0.00069444
Month 30.438
Second 0.000011574
Year 365.256

Velocity Feet/sec, Ft/sec, fps 1

(Base Units = Feet/sec) (feet per second)
kMeters/hr, kMetres/hr, kmh 0.91139
(kilometers per hour)
Meters/sec, Metres/sec, mps 3.281
(meters per second)
Miles/hr, mph 1.4667
(miles per hour)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Viscosity Centipoise, cpoise, cp 0.000672
(Base Units = Lbm/ft-sec)
Lbf-sec/ft2 32.2
(pound force second per square foot)

Lbm/ft-sec 1
(pound mass per foot second)
Micropoise 6.72 E-08
Pascal-sec, pa-sec 0.672
(Pascal second)

Volume Cf 1
(Base Units = Cf) (cubic feet)
Ccf 100
(hundreds of cubic feet)
Gallons 0.1337
Liters 0.03531
m3, m^3 35.31
(cubic meters)
Mcf 1000
(thousands of cubic feet)
Mm3 35310
(thousands of cubic meters)
MMm3, MMm^3 35310000
(millions of cubic meters)
MMcf 1000000
(millions of cubic feet)

Weight - Force Lbf, Lb-Pounds 1

(Base Units = Lbf) (pound force)
Kilograms 2.2046
kNewtons 224.81
(thousands of Newtons)

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Unit Group Supported Types Conversion Factor

Newtons 0.22481
Tons 2000
Tons-Metric 2204.6

Weight per Unit Length Lbf/ft 0.0000833

(Base Units = Kips/in) (pound force per foot)
kgf/m 2.2046
(kilogram force per meter)
Kip/ft 0.08333
(thousands of pounds per foot)
Kip/in 1
(thousands of pounds per inch)
kNewton/m 0.0057102
(thousands of Newtons per meter)
Newton/m, N/m 5.7102 E-6
(Newtons per meter)

Note - Some of the listed conversion factor values have been rounded off and are not precisely the same values
that are used in GASCalc.

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Equations

Unit Conversion Formula

As implemented by GASCalc, the general unit conversion method is describe as follows.

Reference 1

References

1. None - Derived.

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See Also

None

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