Convert UK gallons per minute to US quarts per second
Convert UK gallons per minute (gpm) to US quarts per second (qt/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
qt/s = gpm × 0.08006332837
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 quarts per second
The US quart per second (qt/s) equals 3.785411784×10⁻³/4 ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s, used in US industrial filling lines handling quart-size containers (motor oil, paint, sauce). A high-speed filling machine loading 1 qt bottles at 4 per second processes 4 qt/s per nozzle. 1 US qt/s ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s = 0.9464 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| UK gallons per minute (gpm) | US quarts per second (qt/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 gpm | 0.0800633 qt/s |
| 2 gpm | 0.160127 qt/s |
| 5 gpm | 0.400317 qt/s |
| 10 gpm | 0.800633 qt/s |
| 25 gpm | 2.00158 qt/s |
| 50 gpm | 4.00317 qt/s |
| 100 gpm | 8.00633 qt/s |