How can I calculate flowrate?
 

we have a flowmeter that I need to monitor. I take date and time readings.
What formula do i use to calculate the flowrate (kiloliters/ minute)?

I have a cell inwhich i have calculated the time difference (eg 00:30) and
another cell where I calculate the quantity (eg: 6.725) now how do I get
excel to work out 6.725/ 00:30. the result is supposed to be 0.2047333 kL/min

The first thing you need to do is convert your time segments into
decimals. To do this you need to multiply the time eg 00:30 by 1440
(this is because Excel handles time as fractions of 1 day (=24 hrs) so
30 minutes is actually 0.0208nnn. This then gets you 30 minutes as
30.00 rather than 00:30 so you can do something with it such as
6.725/30 which by my reckoning is 0.2242

Cheers
Jon


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