Convert Acre-feet per day to US barrels per second
Convert Acre-feet per day (ac-ft/d) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = ac-ft/d × 0.08979591837
About Acre-feet per day
The acre-foot per day (ac-ft/d) equals 1233.48183754752/86400 ≈ 0.014278 m³/s, the practical unit for daily water-delivery scheduling in western US irrigation districts and river-compact administration. Water rights in the Colorado River system are specified in acre-feet per year; daily delivery schedules convert to ac-ft/d. A moderate-size irrigation lateral delivers 5-50 ac-ft/d. 1 ac-ft/d ≈ 0.014278 m³/s ≈ 504.2 US gal/min.
About US barrels per second
The US barrel per second (bbl/s) equals 0.158987294928 m³/s, an extremely large flow rate used only for catastrophic spill-rate estimates and very large pipeline surge calculations. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill peaked at ≈60 000 bbl/d ≈ 0.000694 bbl/s; major subsea pipeline ruptures may briefly exceed 1 bbl/s during decompression. 1 US bbl/s = 0.158987 m³/s ≈ 158.987 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per day (ac-ft/d) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/d | 0.0897959 bbl/s |
| 2 ac-ft/d | 0.179592 bbl/s |
| 5 ac-ft/d | 0.44898 bbl/s |
| 10 ac-ft/d | 0.897959 bbl/s |
| 25 ac-ft/d | 2.2449 bbl/s |
| 50 ac-ft/d | 4.4898 bbl/s |
| 100 ac-ft/d | 8.97959 bbl/s |