An experimental study to investigate typical temperature conditions in fuel tanks of European vehicles.

ABSTRACT: Vehicular evaporative emissions have been recognized as an important source of volatile organic compounds to the environment and are of high environmental concern since these compounds have been associated to the formation of surface ozone and secondary organic aerosols. Evaporative emissions occur during any vehicle operation. In Europe, a revised legislative test procedure has been recently introduced to better control evaporative emissions during parking. However, emissions related to normal driving conditions-the so-called running losses-have received less attention compared with the other categories. The current study aims at giving some insights to the prevailing temperature conditions in fuel tanks of typical European vehicles during normal driving operation. The effects of ambient

SUBMITTER: Grigoratos T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546669 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature