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Relations between units of power

Units of power W kW MW kgf·m/s erg/s hp
1 W 1 10-3 10-6 0.102 107 1.36·10-3
1 kW 103 1 10-3 102 1010 1.36
1 MW 106 103 1 1.02·105 1013 1.36·103
1 kgf·m/s 9.81 9.81·10-3 9.81·10-6 1 9.81·107 1.33·10-2
1 erg/s 10-7 10-10 10-13 1.02·10-8 1 1.36·10-10
1 hp 735.5 0.7355 7.355·10-4 75 7.355·109 1
 
 
Note.
1 W= 0.101972 kgf·m/s= 10-3 kW =10-6 MW = 1.3596·10-3 hp =0.238846 cal/s;
1 kW= 10-3 MW = 1000W= 101.972 kgf·m/s =1.3596 hp =367 098 kgf·m/h;
1 kgf·m/s = 9.80665 W (exact) = 9.80665·107 erg/s (exact);
1 hp = 735.499 W = 75 kgf·m/s = 270 000 kgf·m/h;
1 cal/s = 4.1868 W (exact) = 41.868·106 erg/s (exact) = 0.0426935 kgf·m/s.