Convert Acre-feet per minute to US barrels per hour
Convert Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = ac-ft/min × 465502.0408
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 US barrels per hour
The US barrel per hour (bbl/h) equals 0.158987294928/3600 ≈ 4.416×10⁻⁵ m³/s, standard in petroleum-refinery process engineering for crude-oil unit feed rates and product run-downs. Crude-distillation unit (CDU) feed is sized in bbl/h; a 100 000 bbl/d refinery processes ≈4 167 bbl/h. Process simulation software (Aspen HYSYS) uses bbl/h by default for petroleum streams. 1 bbl/h ≈ 4.416×10⁻⁵ m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/min | 465502 bbl/h |
| 2 ac-ft/min | 931004 bbl/h |
| 5 ac-ft/min | 2327510 bbl/h |
| 10 ac-ft/min | 4655020 bbl/h |
| 25 ac-ft/min | 11637600 bbl/h |
| 50 ac-ft/min | 23275100 bbl/h |
| 100 ac-ft/min | 46550200 bbl/h |