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Re: Horsepower
Posted by: Brian ()
Date: August 22, 2003 02:07AM

<HTML>Hi Marek,
as far as I can ascertain, there is no difference between hp and HP (see below). The different systems of indicating the output of the various types of machinery refer to a form of convenience:
SHP is used to indicate electric and turbine;
IHP is used to indicate expansion steam engines;
BHP is used for internal combustion (diesel) engines;
NHP or nominal horsepower is an off-the-wall figure withot any resemblance to actual output and should never be taken into acccount.
There is a difference between the imperial and the metric horsepower, this could possibly be related to hp and HP; I cannot locate the relevant paper right now but I seem to recall the difference was in the area of 0.07%
in favor of the imperial units, ergo 100,000 imperial HP equals 100,700 metric, really not enough to cretae major discrepancies when quoting sources.
HTH, Brian</HTML>

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Horsepower Marek Twardowski 08/21/2003 09:35AM
Re: Horsepower Brian 08/22/2003 02:07AM
Re: Horsepower Marek Twardowski 08/22/2003 06:00AM
Re: Horsepower David Thomas 08/24/2003 04:24PM
Re: Horsepower Marek Twardowski 08/26/2003 11:20AM
Re: Horsepower ROBERT M. 09/02/2003 12:31AM
Re: Horsepower ROBERT M. 09/02/2003 12:29AM
Re: Horsepower Paul C 09/13/2003 09:37AM


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