Convert Acre-feet per second to US barrels per minute
Convert Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) to US barrels per minute (bbl/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/min = ac-ft/s × 465502.0408
About Acre-feet per second
The acre-foot per second (ac-ft/s) equals 1233.48183754752 m³/s, an enormous unit representing the flow that would fill a football-field-sized area to 1 ft depth every second. It appears in descriptions of exceptionally large dam-break flood waves and major river-system extreme events. The 1976 Teton Dam collapse peak outflow was estimated at ≈65 000 ft³/s ≈ 1.49 ac-ft/s. 1 ac-ft/s = 1 233.48 m³/s.
About US barrels per minute
The US barrel per minute (bbl/min) equals 0.158987294928/60 ≈ 2.650×10⁻³ m³/s, used in oil-pipeline pigging operations and tanker loading/unloading rates. A large crude-oil loading arm at a terminal can transfer 20 000 bbl/h = ≈333 bbl/min = ≈52 000 US gal/min. Pipeline operators monitor block-valve isolation in bbl/min to detect ruptures. 1 bbl/min ≈ 2.650×10⁻³ m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) | US barrels per minute (bbl/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/s | 465502 bbl/min |
| 2 ac-ft/s | 931004 bbl/min |
| 5 ac-ft/s | 2327510 bbl/min |
| 10 ac-ft/s | 4655020 bbl/min |
| 25 ac-ft/s | 11637600 bbl/min |
| 50 ac-ft/s | 23275100 bbl/min |
| 100 ac-ft/s | 46550200 bbl/min |