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Building Services Engineering 5th Edition Handbook

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Units and constants<br />

Système International units are used and Table 1 gives the basic and derived units employed, their<br />

symbols and some common equalities.<br />

Table 1 Units.<br />

Quantity Unit Symbol Equality<br />

Mass kilogram kg<br />

tonne tonne 1 tonne = 10 3 kg<br />

Length metre m<br />

Time second s<br />

hour h 1 h = 3600 s<br />

Energy, work, heat joule J 1 J = 1Nm<br />

Force newton N 1 N = 1 kgm/s 2<br />

Power, heat flow watt W 1 W = 1 J/s<br />

1W= 1 Nm/s<br />

1W= 1VA<br />

Pressure pascal Pa 1 Pa = 1 N/m 2<br />

newton/m 2 N/m 2 1b= 10 5 N/m 2<br />

bar b l b = l0 3 mb<br />

Frequency hertz Hz 1 Hz = 1 cycle/s<br />

Electrical resistance ohm R, <br />

Electrical potential volt V<br />

Electrical current ampere I, A I = V/R<br />

Absolute temperature kelvin K K = ( ◦ C + 273)<br />

Temperature degree Celsius ◦ C<br />

Luminous flux lumen lm<br />

Illuminance lux lx 1 lx = 1 lm/m 2<br />

Area square metre m 2<br />

Volume litre l<br />

cubic metre m 3 1m 3 = 10 3 l

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