Convert BTU per Minute to Ergs per Second
Convert BTU per Minute (BTU/min) to Ergs per Second (erg/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
erg/s = BTU/min × 175842642.1
About BTU per Minute
One BTU per minute (BTU/min) ≈ 17.58 W. Fire engineering uses BTU/min for heat release rate (HRR): a burning sofa releases 500-5,000 BTU/min; a flashover room fire 50,000-500,000 BTU/min. US commercial gas burners are rated 500-2,000 BTU/min. NFPA fire suppression standards use BTU/min to match sprinkler flow to HRR. Industrial furnace heating cycles also use this unit. 1 BTU/min = 17.584 W.
About Ergs per Second
An erg per second (erg/s) is the CGS unit of power - exactly 10⁻⁷ W. Despite SI adoption, erg/s persists in astrophysics: the Sun's total luminosity is 3.828 × 10³³ erg/s; a peak supernova radiates ~10⁴³ erg/s - more power than the Sun emits over its 10-billion-year lifetime. X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, and neutron star accretion rates are catalogued in erg/s across decades of archival literature. 1 erg/s = 10⁻⁷ W.
Quick Reference Table
| BTU per Minute (BTU/min) | Ergs per Second (erg/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 BTU/min | 175843000 erg/s |
| 2 BTU/min | 351685000 erg/s |
| 5 BTU/min | 879213000 erg/s |
| 10 BTU/min | 1.758 × 109 erg/s |
| 25 BTU/min | 4.396 × 109 erg/s |
| 50 BTU/min | 8.792 × 109 erg/s |
| 100 BTU/min | 1.758 × 1010 erg/s |