Cubic meters per hour to Kilolitres per hour conversion

Cubic meters per hour to Kilolitres per hour conversion table

Cubic meters per hour (m3/h)Kilolitres per hour (kl/h)
00
11
22
33
44
55
66
77
88
99
1010
2020
3030
4040
5050
6060
7070
8080
9090
100100
10001000

How to convert cubic meters per hour to kilolitres per hour?

To convert cubic meters per hour (m³/h) to kiloliters per hour (kL/h), you need to understand that 1 cubic meter is exactly equivalent to 1 kiloliter. Both are units of volume in the metric system where:

1 m³ = 1 kL

Therefore, the conversion is straightforward:

1 cubic meter per hour (m³/h) = 1 kiloliter per hour (kL/h)

So, if you have a volume flow rate in cubic meters per hour, it is numerically the same in kiloliters per hour.

Real World Examples:

  1. Water Supply in Residential Areas:

    • A medium-sized water supply network may provide water at a rate of 100 m³/h.
    • This is equivalent to 100 kL/h, which is enough to supply a small town.
  2. Industrial Applications:

    • An industrial cooling system might circulate water at a rate of 500 m³/h.
    • This is equivalent to 500 kL/h, which is significant considering the volume of water required to cool industrial equipment.
  3. Irrigation Systems:

    • An agricultural irrigation system might pump water at a rate of 50 m³/h.
    • This is equivalent to 50 kL/h, and such a rate can cover large agricultural fields effectively.
  4. Swimming Pool Filtration Systems:

    • A filtration system for a large commercial swimming pool could process water at a rate of 20 m³/h.
    • This is equivalent to 20 kL/h, which helps ensure the pool's water is kept clean and safe for swimmers.
  5. Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants:

    • Large sewage treatment facilities might treat wastewater at a rate of 3000 m³/h.
    • This equals 3000 kL/h, emphasizing the large volumes of wastewater processed to ensure public health and environmental safety.

By understanding the equivalence between cubic meters per hour and kiloliters per hour, you can easily translate flow rates across different types of applications, whether it be in residential, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or municipal contexts.

See below section for step by step unit conversion with formulas and explanations. Please refer to the table below for a list of all the Kilolitres per hour to other unit conversions.

What is Cubic meters per hour?

Cubic meters per hour measures amount of fluid passes though a cross-sectional area. In short, it measures flow rate.

Flow rate can be calculated using following formula. Please note that tt is in hours and QQ's unit of measure is ft^3/h.

Q=Vt=AdtQ = \frac{V}{t} = \frac{A*d}{t}

QQ - Flow rate
VV - Volume (Cubic meters)
tt - Time in hour AA - Cross-sectional area
dd - Distance the fluid traveled during the time tt

For more in-depth understanding of the flow rate read Flow Rate and Its Relation to Velocity from LibreTexts Physics website.

What is kilolitres per hour?

A nice question about units of measurement!

Kilolitre (kL) is a unit of volume, equal to 1,000 litres. So, kilolitres per hour (kL/h or kL/hr) is a unit of volumetric flow rate.

To put it simply, kilolitres per hour measures the amount of liquid (such as water, oil, or any other fluid) that flows through a pipe or system in one hour. The value represents the volume of liquid passing through the system, not its mass or weight.

Here's an example to illustrate this:

  • If a pump is moving 2 kilolitres of water per hour, it means that the pump is delivering 2,000 litres (or 2000 kilograms) of water in one hour.

Complete Cubic meters per hour conversion table

Enter # of Cubic meters per hour
Convert 1 m3/h to other unitsResult
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic Millimeters per second (m3/h to mm3/s)277777.77777778
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic Centimeters per second (m3/h to cm3/s)277.77777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Millilitres per second (m3/h to ml/s)277.77777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Centilitres per second (m3/h to cl/s)27.777777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Decilitres per second (m3/h to dl/s)2.7777777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Litres per second (m3/h to l/s)0.2777777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Litres per minute (m3/h to l/min)16.666666666667
Cubic meters per hour to Litres per hour (m3/h to l/h)1000
Cubic meters per hour to Kilolitres per second (m3/h to kl/s)0.0002777777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Kilolitres per minute (m3/h to kl/min)0.01666666666667
Cubic meters per hour to Kilolitres per hour (m3/h to kl/h)1
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic meters per second (m3/h to m3/s)0.0002777777777778
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic meters per minute (m3/h to m3/min)0.01666666666667
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic kilometers per second (m3/h to km3/s)2.7777777777778e-13
Cubic meters per hour to Teaspoons per second (m3/h to tsp/s)56.3567045
Cubic meters per hour to Tablespoons per second (m3/h to Tbs/s)18.785568166667
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic inches per second (m3/h to in3/s)16.951118159451
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic inches per minute (m3/h to in3/min)1017.0670895671
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic inches per hour (m3/h to in3/h)61024.025374023
Cubic meters per hour to Fluid Ounces per second (m3/h to fl-oz/s)9.3927840833333
Cubic meters per hour to Fluid Ounces per minute (m3/h to fl-oz/min)563.567045
Cubic meters per hour to Fluid Ounces per hour (m3/h to fl-oz/h)33814.0227
Cubic meters per hour to Cups per second (m3/h to cup/s)1.1740980104167
Cubic meters per hour to Pints per second (m3/h to pnt/s)0.5870490052083
Cubic meters per hour to Pints per minute (m3/h to pnt/min)35.2229403125
Cubic meters per hour to Pints per hour (m3/h to pnt/h)2113.37641875
Cubic meters per hour to Quarts per second (m3/h to qt/s)0.2935245026042
Cubic meters per hour to Gallons per second (m3/h to gal/s)0.07338112565104
Cubic meters per hour to Gallons per minute (m3/h to gal/min)4.4028675390625
Cubic meters per hour to Gallons per hour (m3/h to gal/h)264.17205234375
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic feet per second (m3/h to ft3/s)0.009809634700287
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic feet per minute (m3/h to ft3/min)0.5885780820172
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic feet per hour (m3/h to ft3/h)35.314684921034
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic yards per second (m3/h to yd3/s)0.000363319269683
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic yards per minute (m3/h to yd3/min)0.02179915618098
Cubic meters per hour to Cubic yards per hour (m3/h to yd3/h)1.3079493708587

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