How many BTUH are being generated by a Natural Gas meter that has a One Cubic Foot Test Dial making one revolution every 22 seconds?

To determine the BTUH (British Thermal Units per Hour) generated by a natural gas meter, it's essential to analyze how much gas is passing through the meter over a specific timeframe, given the revolutions of the test dial.

First, if the test dial makes one complete revolution every 22 seconds, we can establish how many revolutions occur in an hour:

1 hour = 3600 seconds Number of revolutions per hour = 3600 seconds / 22 seconds per revolution = 163.64 revolutions per hour.

Next, we need to know how many BTUs are contained in one cubic foot of natural gas. For natural gas, this value is typically around 1,000 BTUs per cubic foot, although it can vary slightly depending on the specific energy content of the gas being used.

Now, by multiplying the number of revolutions per hour by the BTUs per cubic foot:

Total BTUH = Revolutions per hour × BTUs per cubic foot Total BTUH = 163.64 revolutions/hour × 1,000 BTUs/cubic foot = 163,640 BTUH.

When we convert this into MBH (thousand BTUs per hour), we divide by 1,000:

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