Convert US barrels per hour to Acre-feet per minute
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ac-ft/min = bbl/h × 2.148218294e-6
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.
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
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Acre-feet per minute (ac-ft/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 2.148 × 10-6 ac-ft/min |
| 2 bbl/h | 4.296 × 10-6 ac-ft/min |
| 5 bbl/h | 1.074 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |
| 10 bbl/h | 2.148 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |
| 25 bbl/h | 5.371 × 10-5 ac-ft/min |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.000107411 ac-ft/min |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.000214822 ac-ft/min |