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 megawatt (MW) to British thermal unit per hour (BtuIT/h). 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 megawatt value to calculate British thermal unit per hour 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 MW | mW | 1000000000 |
| wattfrom MW | W | 1000000 |
| kilowattfrom MW | kW | 1000 |
| megawattfrom MW | MW | 1 |
| gigawattfrom MW | GW | 0.001 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom MW | hp | 1341.02 |
| metric horsepowerfrom MW | PS | 1359.62 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom MW | hp(E) | 1340.48 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom MW | hp(S) | 101.942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom MW | ft·lbf/s | 737562 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom MW | BtuIT/h | 3412140 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom MW | TR | 284.345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Megawatt (MW) and British thermal unit per hour (BtuIT/h) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Megawatt (MW) | British Thermal Unit Per Hour (BtuIT/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 MW | 3412140 BtuIT/h |
| 5 MW | 17060700 BtuIT/h |
| 10 MW | 34121400 BtuIT/h |
| 100 MW | 341214000 BtuIT/h |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
BtuIT/h to MW (British thermal unit per hour to megawatt)