ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 20-1997 (RA 2006) Reaffirmation of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 20-1997 ASHRAE STANDARD Method of Testing for Rating Remote Mechanical-Draft Air-Cooled Refrigerant Condensers ‘Approved by the ASHRAE Standards Commitee on January 28, 1997, and reamed on June 24, 2008; by the 'ASHRAE Board of Directors on January 30, 1997, and reatimed on June 29, 2006; and by the American National ‘Standards Insitute on Api 7, 1997, and reamed on June 30,2006. ASHRAE Standards are scheduied tobe updated ona five-year cycle; the date following the standard number is. the year of ASHRAE Board of Directors approval. The latest copies may be purchased from ASHRAE Customer Service, 1791 Tulle Circe, NE, Alanta, GA 20829-2905. E-mail: orders @ashrae.org. Fax 404-221-5478, Tele- ‘hone: 404-636-8400 (worlwide) o tol free 1-800-527-4723 (or orders in US and Canad). © Copyright 2006 ASHRAE, nc. ISSN 1041-2996 ‘When addenda, interpretations, or errata to tis standard have been approved, they can be downloaded free of ‘charge from the ASHRAE Web ste at hita/mawwashrae.org EY ct Noy, worwansi.org American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 wwwashrae.orgASHRAE Standard Project Committee 20-1997 Cognizant TC: TC 8.4, Airo-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment Standards Project Committee Liaison: Gordon F. Clyde Roland A. Ares, Chai Todd Amsey Michael" Paul F. Lammert® Daniel E. Kramer Richard 8, Oas" * Denotes members of voting status when the document was approved for publication. ASHRAE STANDARDS COMMITTEE 2005-2006 Richard D. Hermans, Chair Jay A. Kohler David €. Knebol, Vice-Chair James D. Lutz Donald L. Brandt Merle F. McBride Steven T. Bushby Mark P. Modera Paul W. Cabot Cyrus H. Nasseri Hugh F. Crowther ‘Stephen V. Santoro Samuel 0. Cummings, sr. ‘Stephen V. Skalko Robert G. Doerr David R. Tree Hakim Elmahdy Jerry W. White, Jr Roger L. Hedrick James E. Woods John F. Hogan William E. Murphy, BOD ExO Frank E. Jakob Ronald E. Jarnagin, CO ‘Stephen D. Kennedy Claire B. Ramspeck, Assistant Director of Technology for Standards and Special Projects ‘SPECIAL NOTE ‘This American National Standard (ANS) I a national voluntary consensus standard developed under the auspices of the American Society of Heating, Refgerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Consensus is defind by the American National Standards Institute (ANS), of which ASHRAE is a member and which has approved this standard as an ANS, as “substantial agreement reached by ‘recty and materaly affected interest categories. 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In reterring to this Standard or Guideline and in marking of equipment andin advertising, no claim shall be made, eth stated ot impli that the product has been approved by ASHRAE.CONTENTS ANSVASHRAE Standard 20-1997 (RA 2006) Method of Testing for Rating Remote Mechanical-Dratt Air-Cooled Refrigerant Condensers ‘SECTION Foreword, 1 Purpose 2 Scope 3 Definitions. 4 Test Methods 5 Tost Instruments. 6 Test Apparatus, 7 Test Procedure 8 Data to be Recorded... 9 Source of Physical Properties... 10 Symbols 11 Computations, 12 Reterences . Appendix A Appendix B NOTE, When addenda, interpretations, or errata to this standard have been approved, they can be downloaded free of charge from the ASHRAE Web site at http://www.ashrae.org. © Copyright 2006 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 1791 Tulie Circle NE ‘Atlanta, GA 30329 wwwashrae.org All rights reserved.