Convert Acre-feet per minute to US quarts per second
Convert Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) to US quarts per second (qt/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
qt/s = ac-ft/min × 21723.42857
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 quarts per second
The US quart per second (qt/s) equals 3.785411784×10⁻³/4 ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s, used in US industrial filling lines handling quart-size containers (motor oil, paint, sauce). A high-speed filling machine loading 1 qt bottles at 4 per second processes 4 qt/s per nozzle. 1 US qt/s ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s = 0.9464 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) | US quarts per second (qt/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/min | 21723.4 qt/s |
| 2 ac-ft/min | 43446.9 qt/s |
| 5 ac-ft/min | 108617 qt/s |
| 10 ac-ft/min | 217234 qt/s |
| 25 ac-ft/min | 543086 qt/s |
| 50 ac-ft/min | 1086170 qt/s |
| 100 ac-ft/min | 2172340 qt/s |