Analysis of the HC Behavior in the Air Intake System while Vehicle is Parked

Hideaki Itakura; Tetsuya Kato; Naoya Kato; Takashi Nishimoto

doi:10.4271/2004-01-0141

2004-03-08

Analysis of the HC Behavior in the Air Intake System while Vehicle is Parked 2004-01-0141

CARB (California Air Resources Board) has required the evaporative emissions to be restricted to 1/4^th of the parameter stated in the 1995 regulations. Furthermore, hydrocarbons (hereafter, HC) from the fuel system must be reduced to near 0.0 grams, according to the PZEV (Partial Zero Emission Vehicle) regulations enforced from 2003.

The wet film in intake ports and fuel leaking from the injector nozzles evaporate and diffuse while the car is parked, and consequently may cause HC to leak the air cleaner inlet. The air cleaner which prevents HC leakage from the air intake system is already in mass production. In the course of designing this product to be installed in a vehicle, the authors developed a method to estimate the amount of HC that reaches the air cleaner. Based on detailed investigation on HC distribution and the changes that occur during parking, the HC amount reaching the air cleaner was calculated by both the equation of diffusion and the equation of state.

Therefore, application of this method enabled estimation of the reduction effects of HC diffusion gained by improving the air intake system in the stage of experimental production.

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Analysis of the HC Behavior in the Air Intake System while Vehicle is Parked 2004-01-0141

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