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Cooling Capacity Converter

Convert cooling capacity between common engineering units, with the conversion factors shown transparently so results can be checked.

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Use a period for decimals, without thousands separators — e.g. 1250.5

Conversions

Kilowatts
3.5169kW
Tons of refrigerationinput
1TR
BTU per hour
12,000BTU/h
Kilocalories per hour
3,023.95kcal/h

Methodology

The input is first converted to kilowatts (kW), the internal base unit, and then to every other unit. This keeps all four results mutually consistent.

  • 1 TR = 3.5168528421 kW
  • 1 kW = 3,412.141633 BTU/h
  • 1 kW = 859.845228 kcal/h

Unit conversion only — this is not an equipment performance, selection or sizing calculation.