Convert US barrels per hour to Cubic feet per minute
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Cubic feet per minute (ft³/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ft³/min = bbl/h × 0.09357638889
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 Cubic feet per minute
The cubic foot per minute (cfm or ft³/min) equals 0.028316846592/60 ≈ 4.719×10⁻⁴ m³/s, the dominant unit for ventilation, HVAC airflow, and compressed-air system design in the US. ASHRAE ventilation standards, building-code fresh-air requirements, and dust-collector capacity are all stated in cfm. A residential HVAC system moves 800-1 200 cfm; an industrial dust collector handles 2 000-20 000 cfm. 1 cfm ≈ 0.4719 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Cubic feet per minute (ft³/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.0935764 ft³/min |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.187153 ft³/min |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.467882 ft³/min |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.935764 ft³/min |
| 25 bbl/h | 2.33941 ft³/min |
| 50 bbl/h | 4.67882 ft³/min |
| 100 bbl/h | 9.35764 ft³/min |