Convert US barrels per hour to Cubic inches per hour
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Cubic inches per hour (in³/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
in³/h = bbl/h × 9702
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 inches per hour
The cubic inch per hour (in³/h) equals 1.6387064×10⁻⁵/3600 ≈ 4.552×10⁻⁹ m³/s, appearing in US oilfield plunger-pump capacity datasheets and slow hydraulic-actuator specifications. It is also used in US ASTM leak-test standards where maximum allowable leakage past a valve seal is expressed in in³/h at rated pressure. 1 in³/h ≈ 4.552×10⁻⁹ m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Cubic inches per hour (in³/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 9702 in³/h |
| 2 bbl/h | 19404 in³/h |
| 5 bbl/h | 48510 in³/h |
| 10 bbl/h | 97020 in³/h |
| 25 bbl/h | 242550 in³/h |
| 50 bbl/h | 485100 in³/h |
| 100 bbl/h | 970200 in³/h |