Convert Kilolitres per hour to US barrels per second
Convert Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = kL/h × 0.001747169658
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 second
The US barrel per second (bbl/s) equals 0.158987294928 m³/s, an extremely large flow rate used only for catastrophic spill-rate estimates and very large pipeline surge calculations. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill peaked at ≈60 000 bbl/d ≈ 0.000694 bbl/s; major subsea pipeline ruptures may briefly exceed 1 bbl/s during decompression. 1 US bbl/s = 0.158987 m³/s ≈ 158.987 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 kL/h | 0.00174717 bbl/s |
| 2 kL/h | 0.00349434 bbl/s |
| 5 kL/h | 0.00873585 bbl/s |
| 10 kL/h | 0.0174717 bbl/s |
| 25 kL/h | 0.0436792 bbl/s |
| 50 kL/h | 0.0873585 bbl/s |
| 100 kL/h | 0.174717 bbl/s |