diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a33a8e3f4..76563d054 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Symbolics = "0c5d862f-8b57-4792-8d23-62f2024744c7"
 TOML = "fa267f1f-6049-4f14-aa54-33bafae1ed76"
 TimerOutputs = "a759f4b9-e2f1-59dc-863e-4aeb61b1ea8f"
 UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+Unitful = "1986cc42-f94f-5a68-af5c-568840ba703d"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/docs/src/utils.md b/docs/src/utils.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5394ba87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/utils.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+`utils`
+===============
+
+```@autodocs
+Modules = [moment_kinetics.utils]
+```
diff --git a/src/moment_kinetics.jl b/src/moment_kinetics.jl
index bb0536db2..73bfd15b8 100644
--- a/src/moment_kinetics.jl
+++ b/src/moment_kinetics.jl
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ include("plot_sequence.jl")
 include("makie_post_processing.jl")
 include("time_advance.jl")
 
+include("utils.jl")
 using TimerOutputs
 using Dates
 using Glob
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcf549b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+"""
+Utility functions
+"""
+module utils
+
+export get_unnormalized_parameters, print_unnormalized_parameters
+
+using ..moment_kinetics_input: mk_input
+
+using OrderedCollections
+using TOML
+using Unitful
+
+Unitful.@unit eV "eV" "electron volt" 1.602176634e-19*Unitful.J true
+
+function __init__()
+    Unitful.register(utils)
+end
+
+"""
+    get_unnormalized_parameters(input::Dict)
+    get_unnormalized_parameters(input_filename::String)
+
+Get many parameters for the simulation setup given by `input` or in the file
+`input_filename`, in SI units and eV, returned as an OrderedDict.
+"""
+function get_unnormalized_parameters end
+function get_unnormalized_parameters(input::Dict)
+    io_input, evolve_moments, t_input, z, z_spectral, r, r_spectral, vpa, vpa_spectral,
+        vperp, vperp_spectral, gyrophase, gyrophase_spectral, vz, vz_spectral, vr,
+        vr_spectral, vzeta, vzeta_spectral, composition, species, collisions, geometry,
+        drive_input, external_source_settings, num_diss_params, manufactured_solns_input,
+        reference_parameters = mk_input(input)
+
+    Nnorm = reference_parameters.Nref * Unitful.m^(-3)
+    Tnorm = reference_parameters.Tref * eV
+    Lnorm = reference_parameters.Lref * Unitful.m
+    Bnorm = reference_parameters.Bref * Unitful.T
+    cnorm = reference_parameters.cref * Unitful.m / Unitful.s
+    timenorm = reference_parameters.timeref * Unitful.s
+
+    # Assume single ion species so normalised ion mass is always 1
+    mi = reference_parameters.mnorm * Unitful.kg
+
+    parameters = OrderedDict{String,Any}()
+    parameters["run_name"] = run_name
+
+    parameters["Nnorm"] = Nnorm
+    parameters["Tnorm"] = Tnorm
+    parameters["Lnorm"] = Lnorm
+
+    parameters["Lz"] = Lnorm * z_input.L
+
+    parameters["cs0"] = cnorm
+
+    dt = t_input.dt * timenorm
+    parameters["dt"] = dt
+    parameters["output time step"] = dt * t_input.nwrite
+    parameters["total simulated time"] = dt * t_input.nstep
+
+    parameters["T_e"] = Tnorm * composition.T_e
+    parameters["T_wall"] = Tnorm * composition.T_wall
+
+    parameters["CX_rate_coefficient"] = collisions.charge_exchange / Nnorm / timenorm
+    parameters["ionization_rate_coefficient"] = collisions.ionization / Nnorm / timenorm
+
+    return parameters
+end
+function get_unnormalized_parameters(input_filename::String, args...; kwargs...)
+    return get_unnormalized_parameters(TOML.parsefile(input_filename), args...;
+                                       kwargs...)
+end
+
+"""
+    print_unnormalized_parameters(input)
+
+Print many parameters for the simulation setup given by `input` (a Dict of parameters or
+a String giving a filename), in SI units and eV.
+"""
+function print_unnormalized_parameters(args...; kwargs...)
+
+    parameters = get_unnormalized_parameters(args...; kwargs...)
+
+    println("Dimensional parameters for '$(parameters["run_name"])'")
+
+    for (k,v) ∈ parameters
+        println("$k = $v")
+    end
+
+    return nothing
+end
+
+end #utils