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Modeling and Validation of an Automobile Evaporative Emission Carbon Canister

Sunil, Anoop
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1562929546434636

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2019, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering.
The automotive carbon canister consists of activated carbon particles designed to adsorb and desorb Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that evaporate from gasoline present in the fuel tank. This is done to both increase fuel economy and decrease fuel emissions. Experimental tests were done on an activated carbon bed measuring the temperature and mass change during loading and purging of the carbon canister. Experiments were conducted using n-butane as the volatile organic compound during the loading phase and dry air during the purging phase. A 1D model was developed in MATLAB to predict the canister behavior during these experiments. The model predicts the mass change in the canister which in turn estimates the amount of fuel available in the canister. Since adsorption and desorption are exothermic and endothermic reactions respectively, the model also predicts the temperature change along the bed of the canister to study the effect of temperature on the adsorption and desorption process. The experiments were used to validate the model using the activated carbon present in an automotive canister. The model developed in this thesis can be used to predict the loading and purging event that occurs in an ideal carbon canister. This model can be used as the foundation for a more complex model in the future and provide inputs to create a more efficient automotive canister.
Giorgio Rizzoni (Advisor)
Guezennec Yann (Committee Member)
98 p.
Automotive Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
Automobile; Carbon canister; Activated carbon canister; EVAP; evaporative emissions;

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  • Sunil, A. (2019). Modeling and Validation of an Automobile Evaporative Emission Carbon Canister [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1562929546434636

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sunil, Anoop. Modeling and Validation of an Automobile Evaporative Emission Carbon Canister. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1562929546434636.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sunil, Anoop. "Modeling and Validation of an Automobile Evaporative Emission Carbon Canister." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1562929546434636

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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