In this article I will show you how to convert 5 gallons per hour into litres per minute. Throughout the explanation below I might also call it 5 galph to lpm. They are the same thing!
How to Convert Gallons per hour to Litres per minute
A gallons per hour is smaller than a litres per minute. I know that a galph is smaller than a lpm because of something called conversion factors.
Put very simply, a conversion factor is a number that can be used to change one set of units to another, by multiplying or dividing it. So when we need to convert 5 gallons per hour into litres per minute, we use a conversion factor to get the answer.
The conversion factor for galph to lpm is:
Now that we know what the conversion factor is, we can easily calculate the conversion of 5 galph to lpm by multiplying 0.075768 by the number of gallons per hour we have, which is 5.
So, the answer to the question "what is 5 gallons per hour in litres per minute?" is 0.37884 lpm.
Gallons per hour to Litres per minute Conversion Table
Below is a sample conversion table for galph to lpm:
| Gallons per hour (galph) | Litres per minute (lpm) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0 |
| 0.1 | 0.01 |
| 1 | 0.08 |
| 2 | 0.15 |
| 3 | 0.23 |
| 5 | 0.38 |
| 10 | 0.76 |
| 20 | 1.52 |
| 50 | 3.79 |
| 100 | 7.58 |
| 1000 | 75.77 |
Best Conversion Unit for 5 galph
Sometimes when you work with conversions from one unit to another, the numbers can get a little confusing. Especially when dealing with really large numbers.
I've also calculated what the best unit of measurement is for 5 galph.
To determine which unit is best, I decided to define that as being the unit of measurement which is as low as possible, without going below 1. Smaller numbers are more easily understood and can make it easier for you to understand the measurement.
The best unit of measurement I have found for 5 galph is teaspoons per second and the amount is 1.0666639636854 tspps.