Convert US barrels per hour to Kilolitres per second
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Kilolitres per second (kL/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/s = bbl/h × 4.416313748e-5
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 second
The kilolitre per second (kL/s) equals 1 m³/s, so 1 kL/s is identical to 1 m³/s. The term kilolitre is favoured in Australian and South African engineering over the equivalent cubic metre per second. Municipal water-main flow and stormwater-channel capacity are sometimes expressed in kL/s in these countries. 1 kL/s = 1 m³/s = 1 000 L/s ≈ 15 850 US gal/min.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Kilolitres per second (kL/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 4.416 × 10-5 kL/s |
| 2 bbl/h | 8.833 × 10-5 kL/s |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.000220816 kL/s |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.000441631 kL/s |
| 25 bbl/h | 0.00110408 kL/s |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.00220816 kL/s |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.00441631 kL/s |