Convert UK pints per minute to Acre-feet per minute
Convert UK pints per minute (pt/min) to Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ac-ft/min = pt/min × 4.606968929e-7
About UK pints per minute
The UK pint per minute (pt/min) equals 4.54609×10⁻³/8/60 ≈ 9.471×10⁻⁶ m³/s, common in British beer-dispense engineering and pump datasheets pre-metrication. A cellar gas dispense system pressurising beer lines at 2 UK pt/min per tap maintains balanced flow for a 6-tap bar. 1 UK pt/min ≈ 9.471×10⁻⁶ m³/s ≈ 0.5683 L/min.
About Acre-feet per minute
The acre-foot per minute (ac-ft/min) equals 1233.48183754752/60 ≈ 20.558 m³/s, encountered in large irrigation canal capacity descriptions and reservoir emergency spillway sizing in the US West. A major canal gate releasing 1 ac-ft/min drains a 1-acre field 1 foot deep every minute - a substantial agricultural flow. 1 ac-ft/min ≈ 20.558 m³/s ≈ 726.0 ft³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| UK pints per minute (pt/min) | Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 pt/min | 4.607 × 10-7 ac-ft/min |
| 2 pt/min | 9.214 × 10-7 ac-ft/min |
| 5 pt/min | 2.303 × 10-6 ac-ft/min |
| 10 pt/min | 4.607 × 10-6 ac-ft/min |
| 25 pt/min | 1.152 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |
| 50 pt/min | 2.303 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |
| 100 pt/min | 4.607 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |