2 1 Conversion of Units

Examples

Example 1.1

Convert 100 Btu/h ft2oF to kW/m2oC

Solution

Btu Btu 1055:06 J 1 kJ 1h 1ft2

100 ¼100   
h ft2 8 F h ft2 8 F 1 Btu 1000 J 3600 s ð0:3048 mÞ2
1:8 8 F 1 kW kW
 8
 ¼ 0:5678 2 8
1 C 1 kJ=s m C

Example 1.2

Convert 100 lb mol/h ft2 to kg mol/s m2

Solution

lb mol lbmol 0:4536 kg mol 1 h 1 ft2 kg mol

100 ¼ 100    ¼ 0:1356
h ft2 h ft2 lb mol 3600 s ð0:3048 mÞ2 s m2

Example 1.3

Convert 0.5 lbf s/ft2 to Pas

Solution

lbf s lbf s 4:4482 N 1 ft2 1 Pa

0:5 ¼ 0:5   2 ð1 N=m2 Þ
¼ 23:94 Pa s
ft2 ft2 lbf ð0:3048 mÞ

Exercises

Exercise 1.1

Make the following conversions:

1) 10 ft lbf/lbm to J/kg, 2) 0.5 Btu/lbmoF to J/kgoC, 3) 32.174 lbmft/lbfs2 to kgm/
Ns2, 4) 1000 lbmft /s2 to N, 5) 10 kcal/min ft oF to W/mK, 6) 30 psia to atm,
7) 0.002 kg/ms to lbmft s, 8) 5 lb mol/h ft2mol frac to kg mol/s m2 mol frac,
9) 1.987 Btu/lbmol oR to cal/gmol K, 10) 10.731 ft3lbf/in2lbmol oR to J/kgmol K