horsepower (cheval-vapeur)
| Symbol: | cv, HP |
| Category: | Power (Heat flow) |
| SI Equivalent: | 735.499 W |
| Dimension: | ML2T-3 |
| Notes | |
| Unit of power introduced by James Watt in 1782. It is equal to the power needed to raise 528 ft3 of pure water by 1 meter in 1 minute. The final conversion factor was adopted in 1850 as: 1 HP (cheval-vapeur) = 75 kgf-m/s | |
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1 cv, HP =
| Power (Heat flow) | ||
| Symbol | Unit Name | |
| 2509.63 | Btu (IT)/h | British thermal unit (IT) per hour |
| 0.697118 | Btu (IT)/s | British thermal unit (IT) per second |
| 0.697585 | Btu (therm.)/s | British thermal unit (therm.) per second |
| 6.32424×105 | cal (IT)/h | calorie (IT) per hour |
| 175.673 | cal (IT)/s | calorie (IT) per second |
| 4.5339×105 | cal (therm.)/h | calorie (therm.) per hour |
| 175.788 | cal (therm.)/s | calorie (therm.) per second |
| 7.35499×109 | erg/s | erg per second |
| 1.95291×106 | ft-lbf/h | foot-pound force per hour |
| 542.476 | ft-lbf/s | foot-pound force per second |
| 0.98632 | HP | horsepower (550 ft-lbf/s) |
| 1 | HP | horsepower (metric) |
| 0.985866 | HP | horsepower (water) |
| 75 | kgf-m/s | kilogram force-meter per second |
| 0.735499 | kW | kilowatt |
| 0.187498 | CTR (UK) | ton (refrigeration, UK) |
| 0.209139 | CTR (US) | ton (refrigeration, US) |
| 735.499 | VA | volt-ampere |
| 735.499 | W | watt |
| 735.359 | W | watt (int. mean) |
| 735.377 | W | watt (int. US) |
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