Convert US barrels per hour to Cubic metres per day
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Cubic metres per day (m³/d) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
m³/d = bbl/h × 3.815695078
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 metres per day
The cubic metre per day (m³/d) equals 1/86400 ≈ 1.157×10⁻⁵ m³/s, standard in water-resource management, desalination-plant capacity, and per-capita water-consumption accounting. A municipal desalination plant may produce 100 000-1 000 000 m³/d; the WHO minimum water supply requirement is 0.05 m³/d per person. 1 m³/d ≈ 1.157×10⁻⁵ m³/s = 264.2 US gal/d.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Cubic metres per day (m³/d) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 3.8157 m³/d |
| 2 bbl/h | 7.63139 m³/d |
| 5 bbl/h | 19.0785 m³/d |
| 10 bbl/h | 38.157 m³/d |
| 25 bbl/h | 95.3924 m³/d |
| 50 bbl/h | 190.785 m³/d |
| 100 bbl/h | 381.57 m³/d |