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horsepower (boiler)
Symbol:  HP 
Category:  Power (Heat flow) 
SI Equivalent:  9809.5 W
Dimension ML2T-3 
System:  US 
 
Notes
1 HP (boiler) = 1000 kgf-m/s
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Power (Heat flow)
  Symbol Unit Name
9.8095×1010  aW  abwatt (emu of power) 
3.34714×104  Btu (IT)/h  British thermal unit (IT) per hour 
557.857  Btu (IT)/min  British thermal unit (IT) per minute 
9.29761  Btu (IT)/s  British thermal unit (IT) per second 
3.34938×104  Btu (therm.)/h  British thermal unit (therm.) per hour 
558.23  Btu (therm.)/min  British thermal unit (therm.) per minute 
9.30384  Btu (therm.)/s  British thermal unit (therm.) per second 
8.43477×106  cal (IT)/h  calorie (IT) per hour 
1.4058×105  cal (IT)/min  calorie (IT) per minute 
2342.99  cal (IT)/s  calorie (IT) per second 
6.04695×106  cal (therm.)/h  calorie (therm.) per hour 
1.40672×105  cal (therm.)/min  calorie (therm.) per minute 
2344.53  cal (therm.)/s  calorie (therm.) per second 
13.3372  cv, HP  cheval-vapeur (horsepower) 
9.8095×1010  dyn-cm/s  dyne-centimeter per second 
9.8095×1010  erg/s  erg per second 
2.60464×107  ft-lbf/h  foot-pound force per hour 
4.34107×105  ft-lbf/min  foot-pound force per minute 
7235.12  ft-lbf/s  foot-pound force per second 
2.32783×105  ft-pdl/s  foot-poundal per second 
13.1548  HP  horsepower (550 ft-lbf/s) 
13.1548  BHP, hp  horsepower (British) 
13.3372  cv, HP  horsepower (cheval-vapeur) 
13.3372  HP  horsepower (metric) 
13.1487  HP  horsepower (water) 
1000.29  kgf-m/s  kilogram force-meter per second 
9.8095  kW  kilowatt 
100.029    prony 
2.5007  CTR (UK)  ton (refrigeration, UK) 
2.78933  CTR (US)  ton (refrigeration, US) 
9809.5  VA  volt-ampere 
9809.5  W  watt 
9807.64  W  watt (int. mean) 
9807.88  W  watt (int. US) 
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