Power
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert British thermal unit per hour (BtuIT/h) to mechanical horsepower (hp). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a British thermal unit per hour value to calculate mechanical horsepower with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| milliwattfrom BtuIT/h | mW | 293.071 |
| wattfrom BtuIT/h | W | 0.293071 |
| kilowattfrom BtuIT/h | kW | 0.000293071 |
| megawattfrom BtuIT/h | MW | 0.000000293071 |
| gigawattfrom BtuIT/h | GW | 2.93071e-10 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom BtuIT/h | hp | 0.000393015 |
| metric horsepowerfrom BtuIT/h | PS | 0.000398466 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom BtuIT/h | hp(E) | 0.000392857 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom BtuIT/h | hp(S) | 0.0000298762 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom BtuIT/h | ft·lbf/s | 0.216158 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom BtuIT/h | BtuIT/h | 1 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom BtuIT/h | TR | 0.0000833333 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
British Thermal Unit Per Hour (BtuIT/h) and mechanical horsepower (hp) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| British Thermal Unit Per Hour (BtuIT/h) | Mechanical Horsepower (hp) |
|---|---|
| 1 BtuIT/h | 0.000393015 hp |
| 5 BtuIT/h | 0.00196507 hp |
| 10 BtuIT/h | 0.00393015 hp |
| 100 BtuIT/h | 0.0393015 hp |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
hp to BtuIT/h (mechanical horsepower to British thermal unit per hour)