Convert US barrels per second to Acre-feet per second
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ac-ft/s = bbl/s × 0.0001288930976
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 second
The acre-foot per second (ac-ft/s) equals 1233.48183754752 m³/s, an enormous unit representing the flow that would fill a football-field-sized area to 1 ft depth every second. It appears in descriptions of exceptionally large dam-break flood waves and major river-system extreme events. The 1976 Teton Dam collapse peak outflow was estimated at ≈65 000 ft³/s ≈ 1.49 ac-ft/s. 1 ac-ft/s = 1 233.48 m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 0.000128893 ac-ft/s |
| 2 bbl/s | 0.000257786 ac-ft/s |
| 5 bbl/s | 0.000644465 ac-ft/s |
| 10 bbl/s | 0.00128893 ac-ft/s |
| 25 bbl/s | 0.00322233 ac-ft/s |
| 50 bbl/s | 0.00644465 ac-ft/s |
| 100 bbl/s | 0.0128893 ac-ft/s |