This SAE Recommended Practice is applicable to all heat exchangers used in vehicle and industrial cooling systems. This document outlines the tests to determine the heat transfer performance under specified conditions. Purpose This document is to provide a test guideline for determining the heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger under specified design conditions. Objective To determine and document the heat transfer characteristics of a heat exchanger. This document describes a system to flow fluids through the heat exchanger at specified rates and temperatures@ and describes and recommends a procedure for documenting the results. The procedure may be varied to match existing equipment and methods.
SAE J1994-2004 history
2020SAE J1994-2020 Laboratory Testing of Vehicle and Industrial Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer Performance@ Recommended Practice
2015SAE J1994-2015 Laboratory Testing of Vehicle and Industrial Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Performance
2008SAE J1994-2008 Laboratory Testing of Vehicle and Industrial Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer Performance
2004SAE J1994-2004 Laboratory Testing of Vehicle and Industrial Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer Performance
1995SAE J1994-1995 Laboratory Testing of Vehicle and Industrial Heat Exchangers for Heat Transfer Performance, Recommended Practice July 1995