Convert Cubic feet per minute to US barrels per hour
Convert Cubic feet per minute (ft³/min) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = ft³/min × 10.6864564
About Cubic feet per minute
The cubic foot per minute (cfm or ft³/min) equals 0.028316846592/60 ≈ 4.719×10⁻⁴ m³/s, the dominant unit for ventilation, HVAC airflow, and compressed-air system design in the US. ASHRAE ventilation standards, building-code fresh-air requirements, and dust-collector capacity are all stated in cfm. A residential HVAC system moves 800-1 200 cfm; an industrial dust collector handles 2 000-20 000 cfm. 1 cfm ≈ 0.4719 L/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
| Cubic feet per minute (ft³/min) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 ft³/min | 10.6865 bbl/h |
| 2 ft³/min | 21.3729 bbl/h |
| 5 ft³/min | 53.4323 bbl/h |
| 10 ft³/min | 106.865 bbl/h |
| 25 ft³/min | 267.161 bbl/h |
| 50 ft³/min | 534.323 bbl/h |
| 100 ft³/min | 1068.65 bbl/h |