Convert US barrels per hour to UK gallons per second
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to UK gallons per second (gal/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
gal/s = bbl/h × 0.009714532154
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 second
The UK (imperial) gallon per second (gal/s) equals 4.54609×10⁻³ m³/s, about 20% larger than the US gallon per second. It appears in pre-metric British fire-fighting standards, large pump test certificates, and naval engineering calculations. A UK fire engine pump rated 1 000 UK gal/min delivers ≈16.67 UK gal/s. 1 UK gal/s = 4.54609×10⁻³ m³/s ≈ 1.201 US gal/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | UK gallons per second (gal/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.00971453 gal/s |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.0194291 gal/s |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.0485727 gal/s |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.0971453 gal/s |
| 25 bbl/h | 0.242863 gal/s |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.485727 gal/s |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.971453 gal/s |