Convert Kilolitres per hour to US barrels per hour
Convert Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = kL/h × 6.28981077
About Kilolitres per hour
The kilolitre per hour (kL/h) equals 1/3600 m³/s ≈ 2.778×10⁻⁴ m³/s, identical to m³/h. It is used interchangeably with m³/h in Australian, New Zealand, and South African process-engineering practice. Pump datasheets from these markets quote capacity in kL/h; water-meter billing in rural areas uses kL/h for irrigation allocation. 1 kL/h = 1 m³/h = 1 000 L/h.
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
| Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 kL/h | 6.28981 bbl/h |
| 2 kL/h | 12.5796 bbl/h |
| 5 kL/h | 31.4491 bbl/h |
| 10 kL/h | 62.8981 bbl/h |
| 25 kL/h | 157.245 bbl/h |
| 50 kL/h | 314.491 bbl/h |
| 100 kL/h | 628.981 bbl/h |