Convert US barrels per hour to Kilolitres per minute
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/min = bbl/h × 0.002649788249
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 minute
The kilolitre per minute (kL/min) equals 1/60 m³/s ≈ 0.016667 m³/s, used in Australian water-utility engineering for pump and pipeline sizing. Irrigation district delivery schedules and water-authority trunk-main flow records in Australia and New Zealand frequently use kL/min as an intermediate unit between L/s and ML/d. 1 kL/min = 1 000 L/min ≈ 264.2 US gal/min.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.00264979 kL/min |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.00529958 kL/min |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.0132489 kL/min |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.0264979 kL/min |
| 25 bbl/h | 0.0662447 kL/min |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.132489 kL/min |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.264979 kL/min |