Convert UK pints per minute to US barrels per minute
Convert UK pints per minute (pt/min) to US barrels per minute (bbl/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/min = pt/min × 0.003574255731
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 US barrels per minute
The US barrel per minute (bbl/min) equals 0.158987294928/60 ≈ 2.650×10⁻³ m³/s, used in oil-pipeline pigging operations and tanker loading/unloading rates. A large crude-oil loading arm at a terminal can transfer 20 000 bbl/h = ≈333 bbl/min = ≈52 000 US gal/min. Pipeline operators monitor block-valve isolation in bbl/min to detect ruptures. 1 bbl/min ≈ 2.650×10⁻³ m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| UK pints per minute (pt/min) | US barrels per minute (bbl/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 pt/min | 0.00357426 bbl/min |
| 2 pt/min | 0.00714851 bbl/min |
| 5 pt/min | 0.0178713 bbl/min |
| 10 pt/min | 0.0357426 bbl/min |
| 25 pt/min | 0.0893564 bbl/min |
| 50 pt/min | 0.178713 bbl/min |
| 100 pt/min | 0.357426 bbl/min |