This SAE Standard presents the minimum requirements for nonmetallic tubing with one or more layers manufactured for use as liquid-carrying or vapor-carrying component in fuel systems for gasoline, or alcohol blends with gasoline. Requirements in this document also apply to monowall tubing (one layer construction). When the construction has one or more layers of polymer-based compounds in the wall, the multilayer constructions are primarily for the purpose of improvement in permeation resistance to hydrocarbons found in various fuels. The tube construction can have a straight-wall configuration, a wall that is convoluted or corrugated, or a combination of each. It may have an innermost layer with improved electrical conductivity for use where such a characteristic is desired. The improved electrical conductivity can apply to the entire wall construction, if the tubing is a monowall. (For elastomeric based MLT constructions, refer to SAE J30 and SAE J2405).
Unless otherwise agreed to by suppliers and users this document applies to tubing for any portion of the fuel system that might operate continuously at temperatures above −40 °C and below 90 °C and up to a maximum working gage pressure of 450kPa. The tubing can be used at the peak intermittent temperature up to 115 °C.
This document can apply to systems that operate at higher pressures and/or are exposed to higher temperatures. For higher pressures, the acceptance criteria of section 7.2 must be correspondingly changed. For higher temperatures, the acceptance criteria of sections 7.2 and 7.14 remain the same, but apply at the higher temperature. The selection of higher temperatures and pressures that could be used for this document would be the decision of the end user and supplier of the specific fuel/fuel vapor system in question.
There are three types of tubing covered by this specification, based on the type of application for which the tubing is intended to be used:
High pressure, liquid fuel line is tubing that handles liquid fuel at pressures up to 450 kPa pressure, and can handle the maximum pressure requirements identified in sections 7.1 and 7.2. These are typically the smaller diameter tubes identified in Table A1.
Low pressure, liquid fuel line is tubing that is regularly exposed to liquid fuel, but is subjected to pressures that are under 50 kPa (e.g. fuel filler pipes). These are typically the larger diameters identified in Table A1.
Fuel vapor tubing is tubing that handles fuel in vapor form or some liquid condensed from vapor, and operates at a working gauge pressure that does not exceed 20 kPa.
In some cases, a distinction is made in the criteria that apply to tubing used to carry liquid fuel compared to tubing used to carry fuel vapor. These are identified separately in each section.
The Fuel Systems Standards Committee reports to the Powertrain Systems Group of the Motor Vehicle Council. The Committee is responsible for developing and maintaining SAE Standards, Recommended Practices, and Information Reports related to all aspects of the vehicle fuel system from the connections to the engine back to the gas cap including the interface between the vehicle fuel system and refueling infrastructure at fueling stations. The Committee¿s scope only includes liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel and alternative fuel blends, and, as a contributor to ISO work, the committee covers gaseous fuels such as natural gas, LPG and hydrogen. Participants in the SAE Fuel Systems Standards Committee include OEMs, suppliers, consulting firms, government, and other interested parties.
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