Convert US barrels per second to Acre-feet per hour
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to Acre-feet per hour (ac-ft/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ac-ft/h = bbl/s × 0.4640151515
About US barrels per second
The US barrel per second (bbl/s) equals 0.158987294928 m³/s, an extremely large flow rate used only for catastrophic spill-rate estimates and very large pipeline surge calculations. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill peaked at ≈60 000 bbl/d ≈ 0.000694 bbl/s; major subsea pipeline ruptures may briefly exceed 1 bbl/s during decompression. 1 US bbl/s = 0.158987 m³/s ≈ 158.987 L/s.
About Acre-feet per hour
The acre-foot per hour (ac-ft/h) equals 1233.48183754752/3600 ≈ 0.34263 m³/s, standard for sizing irrigation district delivery canals, reservoir outflow scheduling, and aquifer recharge basin calculations in the western US. The US Bureau of Reclamation uses ac-ft/h for canal operational planning; a 1 000-acre farm irrigating with 0.5 in/h rain-equivalent receives ≈41 ac-ft/h. 1 ac-ft/h ≈ 0.34263 m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | Acre-feet per hour (ac-ft/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 0.464015 ac-ft/h |
| 2 bbl/s | 0.92803 ac-ft/h |
| 5 bbl/s | 2.32008 ac-ft/h |
| 10 bbl/s | 4.64015 ac-ft/h |
| 25 bbl/s | 11.6004 ac-ft/h |
| 50 bbl/s | 23.2008 ac-ft/h |
| 100 bbl/s | 46.4015 ac-ft/h |