Convert UK gallons per minute to US barrels per hour
Convert UK gallons per minute (gpm) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = gpm × 1.715642751
About UK gallons per minute
The UK (imperial) gallon per minute (gpm) equals 4.54609×10⁻³/60 ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s, historically used in British plumbing design, pump curves, and water-treatment plant sizing. Pre-metric UK water-industry capacity tables and pump manufacturers quoted flows in UK gal/min; legacy British Standard BS EN pump curves often show both units. 1 UK gpm ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s ≈ 4.546 L/min.
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
| UK gallons per minute (gpm) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 gpm | 1.71564 bbl/h |
| 2 gpm | 3.43129 bbl/h |
| 5 gpm | 8.57821 bbl/h |
| 10 gpm | 17.1564 bbl/h |
| 25 gpm | 42.8911 bbl/h |
| 50 gpm | 85.7821 bbl/h |
| 100 gpm | 171.564 bbl/h |