Tonnage to KW

[james10]

This may seem a dumb question but is there as mathematical equation to convert tons of cooling in to kw's i've googled but only found converters and would like to be able to work this out for myself
eg if i had a small chiller unit rated at 95 tonnes what would that equate to in KW'S
thanks
James

[chemi-cool]

3.5 KW=1 ton refrigeration=12K BTU

95X3.5=332.5KW

[james10]

Cheers Chemi by 12k btu am i right that you mean 12000

[mikeref]

James10, 12k is short for 12,000.

[Sandro Baptista]

Not BTU or KBTU but rather BTU/h or KBTU/h because it's a rate of energy (power).

[mikeref]

Yeah Sandro, Isn't 1 british thermal unit raising 1 pound of water by 1 degree F/ hr? Having to dig into soggy memory now.

[Sandro Baptista]

Yes as you said...per hour

[Goober]

God I love this site.......Btu's... I never knew thats what it implied. I knew it was British Thermal Unit....but not the "one pound of water raised by 1 degree F over 1 hour" its almost orgasmic the learning still going on...well ok I am getting a bit carried away.

[Magoo]

Kindergarten time, cheeez!

[james10]

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Kindergarten time, cheeez!

Maybe for someone who know's the answer, We only know what we've been taught/self taught when we reach a problem surley it's better to find a solution than sit on it and not know the answer, I'm sure the first time you had to convert something ie pressures/temperatures you got this formula from somewhere or maybe you were born knowing I know i wasn't.

[Peter_1]

Kindergarten time, cheeez!

You remark or this question?

[dougheret0]

one ton of air conditioning = 12000 btu/hour

3,412 btu/hour = 1 kW

therefore kW = 12000/3413 tons
= 3.517 tons

or kW = tons x btuh/ton x kW/btuh
note that the units cancel, leaving kW

95 tons x 3.517 = 334 kW as noted by Chemi-Cool back in June

[Magoo]

Hi James.
No what ever intended, I trained back in the 60's with transition from imperial to SI metric. I bought a book as a reference guide. This is when slide rules were common, before calculators let alone computers.
Everything now is available on the net.