Volume Flow Rate

The SI unit for volume flow rate (volume per time) is cubic metres per second, m3/s.

Factors in boldface are exact.

Convert From To Multiply Std
cubic metre per hour m3/hr m3/s 1/3600 2
cubic metre per day m3/d m3/s 1/86400 2
kilo cubic metre per second k.m3/s m3/s 1000 1
kilo cubic metre per hour k.m3/hr m3/s 1/3.6 3
kilo cubic metre per day k.m3/d m3/s 1/86.4 3
mega cubic metre per hour M.m3/hr m3/s 106/3600 3
mega cubic metre per day M.m3/d m3/s 106/86400 3
cubic feet per hour ft3/hr m3/s 0.028316846592/3600 3
cubic feet per day ft3/d m3/s 0.028316846592/86400 3
kilo cubic feet per hour kft3/hr m3/s 28.316846592/3600 3
kilo cubic feet per day kft3/d m3/s 28.316846592/86400 3
thousand cubic feet per hour Mft3/hr m3/s 28.316846592/3600 3
thousand cubic feet per day Mft3/d m3/s 28.316846592/86400 3
million cubic feet per hour MMft3/hr m3/s 28316.846592/3600 3
million cubic feet per day MMft3/d m3/s 28316.846592/86400 3
barrels per second bbl/s m3/s 0.158987294928 1
barrels per minute bbl/m m3/s 0.158987294928/60 3
barrels per hour bbl/hr m3/s 0.158987294928/3600 3
barrels per day bbl/d m3/s 0.158987294928/86400 3

1: BS 350:2004 Section 5

2: BS 350:2004 Section 10

3: BS 350:2004 Section 5 & BS 350:2004 Section 10

 

 

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