horsepower year

horsepower year
(hp yr)
   an obsolete unit of work or energy equal to the work done at the rate of 1 horsepower for 1 year. Based on the Julian year of 365.25 days, the horsepower year is approximately 6536.8 kilowatt hours, 23.537 gigajoules, or 22.309 million Btu.

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