Horsepower (mechanical) to BTU per hour

1 hp = 2,544.4336 BTU/h

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Notation

1 hp equals

2,544.433578BTU/h

All 14 units

WattW
745.6998716
KilowattkW
0.7456998716
MegawattMW
0.0007456998716
GigawattGW
7.456998716 × 10⁻⁷
MilliwattmW
745,699.8716
Horsepower (mechanical)hp
550 ft·lbf/s
1
Horsepower (metric)PS
75 kgf·m/s
1.013869665
Horsepower (electric)hp (E)
0.9995976831
Horsepower (boiler)hp (S)
0.07601813258
BTU per hourBTU/h
2,544.433578
Ton of refrigerationRT
12 000 BTU/h
0.2120361315
Foot-pound per secondft·lbf/s
550
Calorie per secondcal/s
178.2265467
Kilocalorie per hourkcal/h
641.6155683

Horsepower (mechanical) to BTU per hour table

Common Horsepower (mechanical) values converted to BTU per hour
Horsepower (mechanical) (hp)	BTU per hour (BTU/h)
1	2,544.4336
2	5,088.8672
5	12,722.168
10	25,444.336
20	50,888.672
50	127,221.68
100	254,443.36
250	636,108.39
500	1,272,216.8
1,000	2,544,433.6

How the conversion works

Multiply the horsepower (mechanical) figure by 2,544.433578 to get btu per hour. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for power, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 BTU/h = 0.00039301478 hp — see btu per hour to horsepower (mechanical).

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