Convert Kilolitres per minute to US barrels per second
Convert Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = kL/min × 0.1048301795
About Kilolitres per minute
The kilolitre per minute (kL/min) equals 1/60 m³/s ≈ 0.016667 m³/s, used in Australian water-utility engineering for pump and pipeline sizing. Irrigation district delivery schedules and water-authority trunk-main flow records in Australia and New Zealand frequently use kL/min as an intermediate unit between L/s and ML/d. 1 kL/min = 1 000 L/min ≈ 264.2 US gal/min.
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 minute (kL/min) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 kL/min | 0.10483 bbl/s |
| 2 kL/min | 0.20966 bbl/s |
| 5 kL/min | 0.524151 bbl/s |
| 10 kL/min | 1.0483 bbl/s |
| 25 kL/min | 2.62075 bbl/s |
| 50 kL/min | 5.24151 bbl/s |
| 100 kL/min | 10.483 bbl/s |