Convert Millilitres per minute to US barrels per hour
Convert Millilitres per minute (mL/min) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = mL/min × 0.0003773886462
About Millilitres per minute
The millilitre per minute (mL/min) equals 10⁻⁶/60 ≈ 1.667×10⁻⁸ m³/s, the standard flow rate unit for HPLC and preparative chromatography. A reverse-phase HPLC column (4.6 mm i.d.) operates at 1-2 mL/min; a cardiac output catheter measures 4 000-8 000 mL/min (= L/min). 1 mL/min ≈ 1.667×10⁻⁸ m³/s = 60 mL/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
| Millilitres per minute (mL/min) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 mL/min | 0.000377389 bbl/h |
| 2 mL/min | 0.000754777 bbl/h |
| 5 mL/min | 0.00188694 bbl/h |
| 10 mL/min | 0.00377389 bbl/h |
| 25 mL/min | 0.00943472 bbl/h |
| 50 mL/min | 0.0188694 bbl/h |
| 100 mL/min | 0.0377389 bbl/h |