Gallons per hour to Cups per second conversion

How to convert gallons per hour to cups per second?

To convert gallons per hour (GPH) to cups per second (CPS), you need to know the conversion factors between these units:

1 gallon = 16 cups 1 hour = 3600 seconds

Given these conversion factors, we can set up the following equation to convert 1 gallon per hour to cups per second:

$1 \text{ GPH} \times \frac{16 \text{ cups}}{1 \text{ gallon}} \times \frac{1 \text{ hour}}{3600 \text{ seconds}} = \text{ CPS}$

Simplifying this equation:

$\text{CPS} = \frac{16 \text{ cups}}{3600 \text{ seconds}} = \frac{4}{900} \text{ cups per second} = \frac{1}{225} \text{ cups per second}$

So, 1 gallon per hour is equivalent to $\frac{1}{225}$ cups per second, or approximately 0.00444 CPS.

Real-World Examples of Gallons per Hour (GPH):

1. Home Water Heater:

   • A typical home water heater might have a flow rate of around 30-40 GPH.

2. Large Aquarium Filter:

   • A filter for a large aquarium might have a flow rate of about 200-400 GPH to ensure water quality.

3. Car Radiator:

   • The water pump in an average car’s radiator might handle around 20-40 GPH of coolant to maintain the engine temperature.

4. Lawn Irrigation System:

   • A single sprinkler head could use around 2-5 GPH, depending on its design and the area it covers.

5. Municipal Water Supply:

   • A small town's municipal water supply might operate at several hundred to several thousand GPH to meet the needs of the population.

6. Industrial Cooling Systems:

   • Industrial cooling systems can have significantly higher flow rates, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of GPH, to cool machinery or processes.

These examples show how GPH is used in a variety of contexts to measure fluid flow rates in different systems and applications.