Convert Acre-feet per minute to UK pints per minute
Convert Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) to UK pints per minute (pt/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
pt/min = ac-ft/min × 2170624.581
About Acre-feet per minute
The acre-foot per minute (ac-ft/min) equals 1233.48183754752/60 ≈ 20.558 m³/s, encountered in large irrigation canal capacity descriptions and reservoir emergency spillway sizing in the US West. A major canal gate releasing 1 ac-ft/min drains a 1-acre field 1 foot deep every minute - a substantial agricultural flow. 1 ac-ft/min ≈ 20.558 m³/s ≈ 726.0 ft³/s.
About UK pints per minute
The UK pint per minute (pt/min) equals 4.54609×10⁻³/8/60 ≈ 9.471×10⁻⁶ m³/s, common in British beer-dispense engineering and pump datasheets pre-metrication. A cellar gas dispense system pressurising beer lines at 2 UK pt/min per tap maintains balanced flow for a 6-tap bar. 1 UK pt/min ≈ 9.471×10⁻⁶ m³/s ≈ 0.5683 L/min.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) | UK pints per minute (pt/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/min | 2170620 pt/min |
| 2 ac-ft/min | 4341250 pt/min |
| 5 ac-ft/min | 10853100 pt/min |
| 10 ac-ft/min | 21706200 pt/min |
| 25 ac-ft/min | 54265600 pt/min |
| 50 ac-ft/min | 108531000 pt/min |
| 100 ac-ft/min | 217062000 pt/min |