Questions and answers on how to convert things from one unit or system to another
Forum rules
Dear convert-me.com forum visitors,
Our forum has been available for many years. In September 2014 we decided to switch it to read-only mode. Month after month we saw less posts with questions and answers from real people and more spam posts. We were spending more and more resources cleaning the spam until there were less them 1 legitimate message per 100 spam posts. Then we decided it's time to stop.
All the posts in the forum will be available and searchable. We understand there are a lot of useful information and we aren't going to remove anything. As for the new questions, you can always ask them on
convert-me.com FaceBook pageThank you for being with us and sorry for any inconveniences this could caused.
Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:12 am
I am in the natural gas compression industry but have not dealt with inches of vacuum. There are several sizing programs used to do this but I do not know the conversion. Any help would immensely appreciated.
Thanks
Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:13 am
I posted this but did not know I wasn't logged in. Again, thanks to any help given.
Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:26 am
Well, vacuum gets into the whole gauge vs absolute pressure. For vacuum, absolute pressure is still positive, but gauge pressure is negative.
But inches as a pressure unit most likely referes to inches of mercury
1 std atm = 101.325 kPa = 760 mm Hg = 29.92 in Hg = 14.696 psi
There is a slight possibility it could refer to inches of water, usually "in WC" for inches water column. 1" WC = 249.09 Pa.
More info
Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.
