Convert US barrels per hour to Kilolitres per hour
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/h = bbl/h × 0.1589872949
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 Kilolitres per hour
The kilolitre per hour (kL/h) equals 1/3600 m³/s ≈ 2.778×10⁻⁴ m³/s, identical to m³/h. It is used interchangeably with m³/h in Australian, New Zealand, and South African process-engineering practice. Pump datasheets from these markets quote capacity in kL/h; water-meter billing in rural areas uses kL/h for irrigation allocation. 1 kL/h = 1 m³/h = 1 000 L/h.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Kilolitres per hour (kL/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.158987 kL/h |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.317975 kL/h |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.794936 kL/h |
| 10 bbl/h | 1.58987 kL/h |
| 25 bbl/h | 3.97468 kL/h |
| 50 bbl/h | 7.94936 kL/h |
| 100 bbl/h | 15.8987 kL/h |