epconversions 0.1.0

Unit conversions for E+

epconversions

Unit conversions for E+

• Free software: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)

• Documentation: https://epconversions.readthedocs.io.

Energyplus has a bunch of conversion factors at the top of the Energy+.idd file. It looks like this:

! Default IP conversions (no \ip-units necessary)
!      $/(m3/s)               =>   $/(ft3/min)         0.000472000059660808
!      $/(W/K)                =>   $/(Btu/h-F)         0.52667614683731
!      $/kW                   =>   $/(kBtuh/h)         0.293083235638921
!      $/m2                   =>   $/ft2               0.0928939733269818
!      $/m3                   =>   $/ft3               0.0283127014102352
!      (kg/s)/W               =>   (lbm/sec)/(Btu/hr)  0.646078115385742
!      1/K                    =>   1/F                 0.555555555555556
!      1/m                    =>   1/ft                0.3048
!      A/K                    =>   A/F                 0.555555555555556
!      C                      =>   F                   1.8 (plus 32)
!      cm                     =>   in                  0.3937
!      cm2                    =>   inch2               0.15500031000062
!      deltaC                 =>   deltaF              1.8
!      deltaC/hr              =>   deltaF/hr           1.8
!      deltaJ/kg              =>   deltaBtu/lb         0.0004299
!      g/GJ                   =>   lb/MWh              0.00793664091373665
!      g/kg                   =>   grains/lb           7

Note the cm in the middle of that text snippet. It shows the conversion form cm to in and the multipier to use to convert

Features

The library epconversions has functions that will do these conversions:

from epconversions import epconversions

print(epconversions.convert2ip(100, 'cm'))

>> (39.37, 'in')

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.

History

0.1.0 (2023-10-28)

• First release on PyPI.