Convert US quarts per hour to US barrels per second
Convert US quarts per hour (qt/h) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = qt/h × 1.653439153e-6
About US quarts per hour
The US quart per hour (qt/h) equals 3.785411784×10⁻³/4/3600 ≈ 2.629×10⁻⁷ m³/s, used in US agricultural irrigation drippers (emitters rated in qt/h) and hobby aquaculture systems. A drip emitter rated 1 qt/h ≈ 0.946 L/h is a common size for garden irrigation in the US market. 1 US qt/h ≈ 2.629×10⁻⁷ m³/s.
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.
Quick Reference Table
| US quarts per hour (qt/h) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 qt/h | 1.653 × 10-6 bbl/s |
| 2 qt/h | 3.307 × 10-6 bbl/s |
| 5 qt/h | 8.267 × 10-6 bbl/s |
| 10 qt/h | 1.653 × 10-5 bbl/s |
| 25 qt/h | 4.134 × 10-5 bbl/s |
| 50 qt/h | 8.267 × 10-5 bbl/s |
| 100 qt/h | 0.000165344 bbl/s |