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Boiler Horsepower
Determine boiler horsepower from heat transfer area
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Boiler horsepower is used rating a boiler's capacity to deliver steam to a steam engine.
The amount of energy needed to produce 34.5 pounds (15.65 kg) of steam, per hour, at a pressure and temperature of 0 Psig (0 bar) and 212oF (100oC), with feed water at 0 Psig and 212oF. One boiler horsepower is about 33,479 Btu per hour (about 9,810 watts, 8430 Kcal/Hr).
Boiler horsepower can be determined from the heat transfer area
PBoHP = A / 17 (1)
where
PBoHP = boiler horsepower
A = heat transfer area (ft2)
Boiler Conversion Ratios
| from | multiply | to |
| sq.ft. EDR steam | 240 | Btu per hr. |
| sq. ft. EDR water | 160 | Btu per hr. |
| Boiler hp | 33.5 | MBtu per hr. |
| Boiler hp | 140 | sq.ft. EDR steam |
| Boiler hp | 223 | sq.ft. EDR steam |
| Boiler hp. | 34.5 | lb. per hr. steam |
| lb. per hr. steam | 970 | Btu per hr. |
| to | divide by above | from |
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