Convert US barrels per hour to UK gallons per minute
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to UK gallons per minute (gpm) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
gpm = bbl/h × 0.5828719292
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 UK gallons per minute
The UK (imperial) gallon per minute (gpm) equals 4.54609×10⁻³/60 ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s, historically used in British plumbing design, pump curves, and water-treatment plant sizing. Pre-metric UK water-industry capacity tables and pump manufacturers quoted flows in UK gal/min; legacy British Standard BS EN pump curves often show both units. 1 UK gpm ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s ≈ 4.546 L/min.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | UK gallons per minute (gpm) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.582872 gpm |
| 2 bbl/h | 1.16574 gpm |
| 5 bbl/h | 2.91436 gpm |
| 10 bbl/h | 5.82872 gpm |
| 25 bbl/h | 14.5718 gpm |
| 50 bbl/h | 29.1436 gpm |
| 100 bbl/h | 58.2872 gpm |