Convert US barrels per hour to Cubic feet per second
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Cubic feet per second (ft³/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ft³/s = bbl/h × 0.001559606481
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 second
The cubic foot per second (ft³/s or cfs) equals 0.028316846592 m³/s, the primary unit for measuring river discharge and open-channel flow in the United States. The US Geological Survey publishes all streamflow data in cfs; irrigation water rights, flood-control gates, and dam spillway capacities are specified in cfs. The Colorado River at full natural flow is ≈22 000 cfs. 1 cfs = 0.028316846592 m³/s ≈ 28.317 L/s ≈ 448.8 US gpm.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Cubic feet per second (ft³/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.00155961 ft³/s |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.00311921 ft³/s |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.00779803 ft³/s |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.0155961 ft³/s |
| 25 bbl/h | 0.0389902 ft³/s |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.0779803 ft³/s |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.155961 ft³/s |