Convert UK pints per minute to Acre-feet per second
Convert UK pints per minute (pt/min) to Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ac-ft/s = pt/min × 7.678281548e-9
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 second
The acre-foot per second (ac-ft/s) equals 1233.48183754752 m³/s, an enormous unit representing the flow that would fill a football-field-sized area to 1 ft depth every second. It appears in descriptions of exceptionally large dam-break flood waves and major river-system extreme events. The 1976 Teton Dam collapse peak outflow was estimated at ≈65 000 ft³/s ≈ 1.49 ac-ft/s. 1 ac-ft/s = 1 233.48 m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| UK pints per minute (pt/min) | Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 pt/min | 7.678 × 10-9 ac-ft/s |
| 2 pt/min | 1.536 × 10-8 ac-ft/s |
| 5 pt/min | 3.839 × 10-8 ac-ft/s |
| 10 pt/min | 7.678 × 10-8 ac-ft/s |
| 25 pt/min | 1.92 × 10-7 ac-ft/s |
| 50 pt/min | 3.839 × 10-7 ac-ft/s |
| 100 pt/min | 7.678 × 10-7 ac-ft/s |