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Start with a familiar unit, type a value, and get a dependable answer with sensible precision. Fractions and scientific notation are welcome.

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ENERGY

Power

Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.

ft·lbf/s
GW

Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.

Resultft·lbf/s → GWConvert foot pound-force per second to gigawatt
HOW IT IS CALCULATED

Convert through watt

Enter a foot pound-force per second value to calculate gigawatt with full internal precision before display rounding.

Display precisionAuto · 12 significant digits

Auto keeps up to 12 significant digits, trims unnecessary zeroes, and switches to scientific notation for extreme magnitudes.

QUICK REFERENCE

All units in this quantity

UnitSymbolConverted value
milliwattfrom ft·lbf/smWInteractive
wattfrom ft·lbf/sWInteractive
kilowattfrom ft·lbf/skWInteractive
megawattfrom ft·lbf/sMWInteractive
gigawattfrom ft·lbf/sGWInteractive
mechanical horsepowerfrom ft·lbf/shpInteractive
metric horsepowerfrom ft·lbf/sPSInteractive
electrical horsepowerfrom ft·lbf/shp(E)Interactive
boiler horsepowerfrom ft·lbf/shp(S)Interactive
foot pound-force per secondfrom ft·lbf/sft·lbf/sInteractive
British thermal unit per hourfrom ft·lbf/sBtuIT/hInteractive
ton of refrigerationfrom ft·lbf/sTRInteractive

SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.