Decilitres per second to Cubic meters per hour conversion

How to convert decilitres per second to cubic meters per hour?

Certainly! To convert from decilitres per second to cubic meters per hour, you need to follow these steps and make use of unit conversions:

1. Decilitres to Cubic Meters:

   • 1 decilitre (dL) is equal to 0.0001 cubic meters (m³). This is because there are 10 decilitres in a litre and 1 litre is 0.001 cubic meters.

2. Seconds to Hours:

   • There are 3600 seconds in an hour (60 seconds per minute * 60 minutes per hour).

Let's perform the conversion:

1. To convert 1 decilitre (dL) per second to cubic meters (m³) per second: $1 \text{ dL/s} = 1 \times 0.0001 \text{ m³/s} = 0.0001 \text{ m³/s}$

2. To convert $0.0001 \text{ m³/s}$ to cubic meters per hour: $0.0001 \text{ m³/s} \times 3600 \text{ s/hr} = 0.36 \text{ m³/hr}$

Therefore, 1 decilitre per second is equivalent to 0.36 cubic meters per hour.

Real-World Examples for Other Quantities of Decilitres per Second:

1. Household Faucet:

   • A typical kitchen faucet might dispense water at a rate of about 2 to 6 decilitres per second. Let's take 5 dL/s as an example: $5 \text{ dL/s} = 5 \times 0.36 \text{ m³/hr} = 1.8 \text{ m³/hr}$
   • This means a faucet running at 5 dL/s is delivering 1.8 cubic meters of water per hour.

2. Fire Hose:

   • A standard fire hose might deliver around 150 to 300 decilitres per second. Using 200 dL/s as an example: $200 \text{ dL/s} = 200 \times 0.0001 \text{ m³/s} = 0.02 \text{ m³/s}$ $0.02 \text{ m³/s} \times 3600 \text{ s/hr} = 72 \text{ m³/hr}$
   • So, a fire hose delivering 200 dL/s would dispense 72 cubic meters of water per hour.

3. Irrigation System:

   • A medium-scale agricultural irrigation system might have a flow rate of around 50 decilitres per second. $50 \text{ dL/s} = 50 \times 0.0001 \text{ m³/s} = 0.005 \text{ m³/s}$ $0.005 \text{ m³/s} \times 3600 \text{ s/hr} = 18 \text{ m³/hr}$
   • This would mean that an irrigation system delivering 50 dL/s is providing 18 cubic meters of water per hour.

These examples should give you a good sense of how flow rates in decilitres per second translate to cubic meters per hour and how they apply in everyday situations!