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Essential Unit Conversions Guide

The document provides a comprehensive list of unit conversions for length, power, volume, mass, pressure, force, and energy. It includes additional formulas related to thermodynamics, such as the first law of thermodynamics and relationships between specific heats. The document also outlines various thermodynamic processes, including isometric, isobaric, and isothermal, with corresponding equations.

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Essential Unit Conversions Guide

The document provides a comprehensive list of unit conversions for length, power, volume, mass, pressure, force, and energy. It includes additional formulas related to thermodynamics, such as the first law of thermodynamics and relationships between specific heats. The document also outlines various thermodynamic processes, including isometric, isobaric, and isothermal, with corresponding equations.

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Conversions Power:

Length: 1hp = 0.746 kW


𝑓𝑡
1m = 100 cm 1hp = 33,000 𝑙𝑏𝑓 ⋅ 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑓𝑡
1m = 3.28084 ft 1hp = 550 𝑙𝑏𝑓 ⋅ 𝑠
𝑁
1W=1𝑠
Volume: 1KW = 1000W
1𝑚3 = 35.3147 𝑓𝑡 3
1000 L = 1𝑚3 Pressure conversions
𝑁
1gal = 3.78541 L 1Pa = 1 𝑚2
1gal = 0.1337 𝑓𝑡 3 1atm = 760mmhg
1𝑓𝑡 3 = 7.4805 gal 1atm = 29.92inHg
1atm = 14.696 psi
Mass: 1atm = 101,325 Pa
1kg = 2.205 lbm 1atm = 101.325 kPa
1lbm = 0.4536 kg 1atm = 1.01325 bars
1slug = 32. 174 lbm 1 bar = 100 kPa
1ton = 2000 lbm 1 torr = 133.3 Pa
𝑙𝑏𝑓
1psi = 144 𝑓𝑡 2
𝑙𝑏𝑓
Force to weight 1psi = 1 𝑖𝑛2
𝑚
1N = 1𝑘𝑔 𝑠2
𝑓𝑡
1lbf = 32.174 𝑠2 Energy:
1lbf = 1lbm 1Btu = 778.169 ft ⋅ lbf
1KN = 1000N 1 Btu = 1.0551 KJ
1N ⋅ M = 1 J 1kcal = 1000cal = 4184J

R Gas Constant Universal Gas Constant


𝐾𝐽 𝐾𝐽 𝑓𝑡 − 𝑙𝑏𝑓
8.31447 𝐾𝑚𝑜𝑙 − 𝑘 Air = 0.2870 𝐾𝑔 − 𝑘 or 53.34 𝑙𝑏𝑚 − 𝑅
𝐵𝑡𝑢 𝐾𝐽
1.98588 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑜𝑙 − 𝑅 Helium = 2.0769 𝐾𝑔 − 𝑘
𝑃𝑠𝑖𝑎 − 𝑓𝑡 3 𝐾𝐽
10.7316 Argon = 0.2081 𝐾𝑔 − 𝑘
𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑜𝑙 − 𝑅
𝑓𝑡 − 𝑙𝑏𝑓 𝐾𝐽
1545.37 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑜𝑙 − 𝑅 Nitrogen = 0.2968 𝐾𝑔 − 𝑘

Additional Formulas
1) Ratio of Specific Heats
𝑐𝑝
K = 𝑐𝑣
2) Cv, Cp and R
R = cp – cv
3) Ratio and R
𝑅
cv = 𝐾 − 1
𝐾𝑅
cp = 𝐾 − 1
4) Absolute Pressure
𝑃𝑎𝑏𝑠 = 𝑃𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 + 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚
5) First Law of Thermo
Δ𝑈 = Q - W

Isometric Isobaric Isothermal


𝑃1 𝑇 𝑉1 𝑇 𝑃1 𝑉
PVT = 𝑇1 = 𝑇1 = 𝑉2
𝑃
2 2 𝑉
2 2 𝑃
2 1
Δ𝑈 McvΔt McvΔt 0
ΔH McpΔt McpΔt 0
Q Δ𝑈 ΔH 𝑊𝑛𝑓
𝑃 𝑇 𝑉
ΔS Mcvln𝑃2 Mcpln𝑇2 MRln𝑉2
1 1 1
𝑇 𝑉 𝑃
Mcvln𝑇2 Mcpln𝑉2 MRln𝑃1
1 1 2
𝑉
𝑊𝑛𝑓 0 P(𝑉2 − 𝑉1 ) MRTln𝑉2
1
𝑃
MRTln𝑃1
2
𝑊𝑠𝑓 V(𝑃2 − 𝑃1 ) 0 𝑊𝑛𝑓 = 𝑊𝑠𝑓
Isometric Isobaric Isothermal
𝑃1 𝑇 𝑉1 𝑇 𝑃1 𝑉
PVT = 𝑇1 = 𝑇1 = 𝑉2
𝑃
2 2 𝑉
2 2 𝑃
2 1
Δ𝑈 McvΔt McvΔt 0
ΔH McpΔt McpΔt 0
Q Δ𝑈 ΔH 𝑊𝑛𝑓
𝑃 𝑇 𝑉
ΔS Mcvln𝑃2 Mcpln𝑇2 MRln𝑉2
1 1 1
𝑇2 𝑉2 𝑃1
Mcvln Mcpln MRln
𝑇1 𝑉1 𝑃2
𝑉2
𝑊𝑛𝑓 0 P(𝑉2 − 𝑉1 ) MRTln𝑉
1
𝑃
MRTln𝑃1
2
𝑊𝑠𝑓 V(𝑃2 − 𝑃1 ) 0 𝑊𝑛𝑓 = 𝑊𝑠𝑓

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