Minute Volume Calculator

What Is Minute Volume?

Minute Volume, or just MV, it’s the total air moved in or out of lungs per minute. Calculated using two simple parameters — breathing rate (R) and tidal volume (TV). This calculator lets you compute MV or reverse-calculate either R or TV if the other values are known. So only one box gotta be blank, not more.

Breathing rate's usually measured in breaths/min, but this tool allows other units too like per sec, per hour, or even per day. Same for TV — you can enter in mL or liters per breath, and MV can be shown in mL/min, L/min, or even hourly volumes. It handles all that auto conversion inside.

Formula Used

Minute Volume = Breathing Rate × Tidal Volume

If any one of the three values is empty, the calculator auto-finds it based on the rest.

How to Use the Minute Volume Calculator

• Type your breathing rate, e.g., 12 or 15 breaths/min
• Enter the tidal volume, like 500 mL or 0.5 L per breath
• Leave one of the three fields (Rate, TV, MV) blank
• Hit Calculate to get the missing value instantly
• Use Clear to reset all inputs

It shows final result with correct unit, formula and explanation. Internal conversions always keep unit consistency. You don’t need to worry about mismatched inputs.

Clinical & Academic Use

• Estimate minute ventilation during anesthesia, respiratory therapy
• Useful in physiology labs and lung function studies
• Apply in animal studies, environmental biology, or sports research
• Good for med students or anyone learning pulmonary function

Most adult humans at rest breathe 12–20 times/min, with tidal volume around 400 to 500 mL. That gives average MV around 5–8 liters per minute. But in stress, fever, or exercise it rises, sometimes sharply.

This tool’s ideal for classroom use, research papers, or just to check your lung output. But yeah, it ain’t meant for emergency clinical use or serious diagnosis, only academic or training use mostly.