Commodity Unit

Units:	-
Default Value:	0
Validation Rule:	Any Value
Description:	Unit the Commodity is measured in

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:

1. 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.
2. 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