20 ft·lbf/s to MW — 20 foot-pounds per second in megawatts
Exact 20 ÷ 737,562.15 = 0.000027116359
20 foot-pounds per second in other units
| Watts | 27.116359 | W |
|---|---|---|
| Kilowatts | 0.02711636 | kW |
| Megawatts | 0.000027116359 | MW |
| Mechanical horsepower | 0.03636364 | hp |
| Metric horsepower | 0.03686799 | PS |
| BTU per hour | 92.524857 | BTU/h |
ft·lbf/s to MW at a glance
| Foot-pounds per second | Megawatts |
|---|---|
| 1 ft·lbf/s | 0.000001355818 MW |
| 2 ft·lbf/s | 0.000002711636 MW |
| 3 ft·lbf/s | 0.000004067454 MW |
| 5 ft·lbf/s | 0.00000677909 MW |
| 10 ft·lbf/s | 0.000013558179 MW |
| 20 ft·lbf/s | 0.000027116359 MW |
| 25 ft·lbf/s | 0.000033895449 MW |
| 50 ft·lbf/s | 0.000067790897 MW |
| 100 ft·lbf/s | 0.000135581795 MW |
| 250 ft·lbf/s | 0.000338954487 MW |
| 500 ft·lbf/s | 0.000677908974 MW |
| 1,000 ft·lbf/s | 0.001355817948 MW |
How to convert foot-pounds per second to megawatts
Multiply by 0.000001355818 — one foot-pound per second is 0.000001355818 megawatts. That factor is exact: it comes from the definition of the units rather than from a measurement, so it will not change and does not need rounding.
Working 20 ÷ 737,562.15 = 0.000027116359
What these units are
The foot-pound per second and the megawatt are covered in the power unit guide, along with every other unit on this page.
Questions
How many megawatts are in a foot-pound per second?
One foot-pound per second is 0.000001355818 megawatts. This figure is exact — it comes from the definition of the unit, not a measurement.
What is 20 foot-pounds per second in megawatts?
20 foot-pounds per second is 0.000027116359 megawatts. The working is 20 ÷ 737,562.15 = 0.000027116359.
Why does the same car have two different horsepower figures?
Because there are two horsepowers. Metric horsepower, written PS or CV, is 735.49875 W; mechanical horsepower, written hp or bhp, is about 745.7 W. A car sold as 150 PS in Germany is 148 hp in Britain, and nothing about the engine has changed.
Where does 746 watts come from?
From James Watt, who needed to sell steam engines to people who owned horses. He measured a mill horse turning a wheel and settled on 550 foot-pounds per second — a figure most real horses cannot sustain, which made the comparison flattering to his engines.
How do I read an air conditioner's BTU rating?
BTU ratings are BTU per hour, a rate of heat movement, even when the "per hour" is dropped. A 12,000 BTU/h unit shifts about 3.5 kW of heat. That is not what it draws from the wall — a decent unit moves several times more heat than the electricity it consumes.
What is the difference between power and energy?
Power is a rate, energy is an amount. A kilowatt is how fast something uses energy; a kilowatt-hour is how much it used. A 2 kW heater running for three hours has a power of 2 kW throughout and has consumed 6 kWh. Bills are in energy; ratings are in power.