Convert Kilocalories per Hour to Calories per Hour

Convert Kilocalories per Hour (kcal/h) to Calories per Hour (cal/h) instantly and accurately.

Kilocalories per Hour (kcal/h)
Calories per Hour (cal/h)

Conversion Formula

cal/h = kcal/h × 1000

About Kilocalories per Hour

One kilocalorie per hour (kcal/h) equals exactly 1.163 W. It is the natural unit for human metabolic rate: sedentary adult ~60-70 kcal/h; walking 250-350 kcal/h; vigorous cycling 500-700 kcal/h; competitive rowing ~1,200 kcal/h. Treadmills and exercise bikes display kcal/h directly. Industrial drying and evaporation calcs in older metric systems (especially Asia) used kcal/h for heat duty; 1 Mcal/h = 1.163 kW. 1 kcal/h = 1.163 W.

About Calories per Hour

One calorie per hour (cal/h) equals exactly 0.001163 W - the rate of transferring one thermochemical calorie (4.1868 J) per hour. A resting adult generates ~70-80 W ≈ 60,000-70,000 cal/h of heat. The unit appears in European and Asian HVAC standards for small-appliance heat loads and in laboratory calorimetry reporting metabolic activity of small organisms. Calorimetric enzyme assays also express catalytic heat in cal/h per unit enzyme. 1 cal/h = 0.001163 W.

Quick Reference Table

Kilocalories per Hour (kcal/h)Calories per Hour (cal/h)
1 kcal/h1000 cal/h
2 kcal/h2000 cal/h
5 kcal/h5000 cal/h
10 kcal/h10000 cal/h
25 kcal/h25000 cal/h
50 kcal/h50000 cal/h
100 kcal/h100000 cal/h

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