Commodity Unit
| Units: | - |
| Default Value: | 0 |
| Validation Rule: | Any Value |
| Description: | Unit the Commodity is measured in |
| Detail: |
Commodity Unit allows you to select between a wide range of in-built units (listed below) or to leave the Commodity unit-less (default). Setting the Unit is useful for two reasons:
- When a Process converts a Commodity to another Commodity the conversion factor will be automatic where possible, avoiding you having to set Process Primary Input Conversion Factor. Most energy units can be converted automatically e.g. megajoule to kilowatt-hour. Where the Commodity Unit is not an energy unit you may define the Energy Density so that the Commodity can be converted to/from energy automatically.
- The user-interface will display the selected Unit in the "Units" column of the property grid.
The following units are in-built:
| Commodity Unit | Type | Name | Base Units/Metric |
| m | Length | metre | m |
| km | Length | kilometre | 1E+3 m |
| Gkm | Length | gigakilometre | 1E+9 m |
| kg | Mass | kilogram | kg |
| t | Mass | tonne | 1E+3 kg |
| kt | Mass | kilotonne | 1E+6 kg |
| Mt | Mass | megatonne | 1E+9 kg |
| Gt | Mass | gigatonne | 1E+12 kg |
| ton | Mass | short ton | 907.185⋅kg |
| s | Time | second | s |
| min | Time | minute | 60s |
| hr | Time | hour | 3600s |
| day | Time | day | 86400s |
| week | Time | day | 604800s |
| °C | Temperature | degree Celsius | |
| °F | Temperature | degree Fahrenheit | |
| HDD | Temperature | Heating Degree Days | |
| CDD | Temperature | Cooling Degree Days | |
| m2 | Area | square metre | m2 |
| ha | Area | hectare | 1E+4m2 |
| kha | Area | kilohectare | 1E+7m2 |
| km2 | Area | square kilometre | 1E+6m2 |
| L | Volume | litre | |
| kL | Volume | kilolitre | |
| ML | Volume | megalitre | |
| GL | Volume | gigalitre | |
| m3 | Volume | cubic metre | m3 |
| km3 | Volume | cubic kilometre | 1E+3 m3 |
| CMD | Volume | cubic metre days | 8.64E+4 m3 |
| gal | Volume | US gallon | 3.78541⋅L |
| bbl | Volume | 42 gallon barrel | 158.987⋅L (6.12E+9⋅J) |
| ft3 | Volume | cubic foot | 0.0283168⋅m3 |
| MCF | Volume | thousand cubic feet | 28.3168⋅m3 |
| MMCF | Volume | million cubic feet | 28316.8466⋅m3 |
| MTPA | Volume | million tonnes per annum | 1E+9 kg |
| kPa | Pressure | kilo-pascals | 1E+3⋅kg⋅m-1⋅s-2 |
| bar | Pressure | bar | 1E+5⋅kg⋅m-1⋅s-2 |
| psi | Pressure | pounds per square inch | 6.8947573E+3⋅kg⋅m-1⋅s-2 |
| kW | Power | kilowatt | 1E+3 m2⋅kg⋅s-3 |
| MW | Power | megawatt | 1E+6 m2⋅kg⋅s-3 |
| GW | Power | gigawatt | 1E+9 m2⋅kg⋅s-3 |
| TW | Power | terawatt | 1E+12 m2⋅kg⋅s-3 |
| kJ | Energy | kilojoule | 1E+3 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| MJ | Energy | megajoule | 1E+6 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| GJ | Energy | gigajoule | 1E+9 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| TJ | Energy | terrajoule | 1E+12 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| PJ | Energy | petajoule | 1E+15 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| EJ | Energy | exajoule | 1E+18 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| kWh | Energy | kilowatt-hour | 3.6E+6 kg⋅m2⋅s-3 |
| MWh | Energy | megawatt-hour | 3.6E+9 kg⋅m2⋅s-3 |
| GWh | Energy | gigawatt-hour | 3.6E+12 kg⋅m2⋅s-3 |
| TWh | Energy | terawatt-hour | 3.6E+15 kg⋅m2⋅s-3 |
| TOE | Energy | tonne equivalent of oil | 4.1868E+10 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| kTOE | Energy | thousand TOE | 4.1868E+13 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| MTOE | Energy | million TOE | 4.1868E+16 kg⋅m2⋅s-2 |
| kcal | Energy | kilocalorie | 4184⋅J |
| MMBTU | Energy | million BTU | 1.055056E+9⋅J |
| BBTU | Energy | billion BTU | 1.055056E+12⋅J |
| Dth | Energy | dekatherm | 1.055056E+9⋅J |
| MDT | Energy | million dekatherms | 1.055056E+15⋅J |