Cooling Capacity Conversion

29,300 watts.

You can take it from here.

Download this conversion factor calculator, or any of a dozen others.

No connection to me, just think it is a useful tool.

100,000 BTU/hour = 39.26652 horsepower

Approximately 10 HP, but it depends on ambient air temperature.

Thank you Mr Tornado, how do you calculate the 10hp from 100,000 btu/hr cooling capacity?

Google: "Cooling Load"

There is a link to The Engineering Toolbox.

Me thinks 10 HP is not even close to what you need!

Lyn was correct in terms what you get when searching for 100,000 btu/hr.

It converts to 29 307.107 watts.

Based on COP of about 3.5.

Which equates to a SEER of 13.6, if I didn't slip a digit.

but he never said how many days a year of operation

For system users or specifiers, ordinarily this isn't calculated; one looks it up in a performance chart or table for the particular system in question.

Should be in the documentation of said unit!

why would you need to know that?

This would depend on the efficiency of the system....A system with 10 EER would draw 10,000 watts to produce 100k btu's...Then again this would vary according to the temperature of air or water being used to cool the condenser coil....When the unit is rated, it is usually at the design limit temperature of 95ºF outside and 75ºF inside.....So actual Wattage(hp) will vary...You can take a real time reading by checking the amp draw of all the equipment(condenser and evap) and amps*volts = Watts/745.7 = HP, which in our example of 10k watts is 13.41 hp....This will give you the HP being used, but to check the actual BTU output of the unit requires measuring the volume of air, relative humidity(dry bulb-wet bulb) and the temperature drop across the evaporator coil....

part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpBTlGLQ97A

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsA42FwCJgQ

http://www.rapidtables.com/convert/power/BTU_to_Watt.htm

• It will say on the box it came in.
• It will say on the vendor information that was supplied with it.
• It will say on the label attached to it.
• It will say on the technical information that was presented prior to purchase, and if all that fails,
• It will say when a telephone call is made to the original equipment manufacturer with the serial number.

this isn't exact but close enough for a poster with tight lips and vague information

http://www.kylesconverter.com/power/horsepower-to-it-tons-of-refrigeration