Convert US quarts per second to US barrels per hour
Convert US quarts per second (qt/s) to US barrels per hour (bbl/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/h = qt/s × 21.42857143
About US quarts per second
The US quart per second (qt/s) equals 3.785411784×10⁻³/4 ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s, used in US industrial filling lines handling quart-size containers (motor oil, paint, sauce). A high-speed filling machine loading 1 qt bottles at 4 per second processes 4 qt/s per nozzle. 1 US qt/s ≈ 9.464×10⁻⁴ m³/s = 0.9464 L/s.
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.
Quick Reference Table
| US quarts per second (qt/s) | US barrels per hour (bbl/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 qt/s | 21.4286 bbl/h |
| 2 qt/s | 42.8571 bbl/h |
| 5 qt/s | 107.143 bbl/h |
| 10 qt/s | 214.286 bbl/h |
| 25 qt/s | 535.714 bbl/h |
| 50 qt/s | 1071.43 bbl/h |
| 100 qt/s | 2142.86 bbl/h |