Convert US barrels per hour to Millilitres per minute
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to Millilitres per minute (mL/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
mL/min = bbl/h × 2649.788249
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 Millilitres per minute
The millilitre per minute (mL/min) equals 10⁻⁶/60 ≈ 1.667×10⁻⁸ m³/s, the standard flow rate unit for HPLC and preparative chromatography. A reverse-phase HPLC column (4.6 mm i.d.) operates at 1-2 mL/min; a cardiac output catheter measures 4 000-8 000 mL/min (= L/min). 1 mL/min ≈ 1.667×10⁻⁸ m³/s = 60 mL/h.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | Millilitres per minute (mL/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 2649.79 mL/min |
| 2 bbl/h | 5299.58 mL/min |
| 5 bbl/h | 13248.9 mL/min |
| 10 bbl/h | 26497.9 mL/min |
| 25 bbl/h | 66244.7 mL/min |
| 50 bbl/h | 132489 mL/min |
| 100 bbl/h | 264979 mL/min |