Megawatts to Foot-pounds per Second Converter

To convert a measurement in megawatts to foot-pounds per second, multiply the value by 737,562.1493. The conversion factor comes from the relationship between both units and the watt.

For example, to convert 5 MW to foot-pounds per second: 5 × 737,562.1493 = 3,687,810.7464 ft·lb/s.

A megawatt equals one million watts and is used to rate large-scale power generation and industrial equipment. The megawatt became the standard scale for describing power stations and grid capacity as electricity generation industrialized. A single large wind turbine produces several megawatts.

Common uses of megawatts include: Power plant and grid capacity; Wind turbine and solar farm output; Industrial machinery and data centers; Utility-scale energy planning.

A foot-pound per second is an imperial unit of power equal to about 1.356 watts, representing one foot-pound of work performed each second. Rooted in imperial mechanics, the foot-pound per second is the basis from which horsepower was defined — 550 ft·lb/s equals one mechanical horsepower.

Common uses of foot-pounds per second include: Mechanical engineering in imperial units; Deriving horsepower from work rate; Physics work-and-power problems; Legacy machinery specifications.

Here are some common values converted:

1 MW = 737,562.1493 ft·lb/s 5 MW = 3,687,810.7464 ft·lb/s 10 MW = 7,375,621.4928 ft·lb/s 50 MW = 36,878,107.4639 ft·lb/s 100 MW = 73,756,214.9277 ft·lb/s