patent · US6494192
On-board fuel vapor collection, condensation, storage and distribution system for a vehicle
17 December 2002
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Abstract
An on-board fuel vapor recovery system draws vapors from a fuel tank, compresses the vapors, and then cools the compressed vapors to form a condensate liquid fuel which is stored in an auxiliary condensate tank for introduction to an engine for enhanced cold start operation.
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 2001-06-12
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2002-12-17
- Inventors
- William K. Capshaw; John C. Hedrick; David W. Naegeli; Michael G. Ross; Southwest Research Institute SwRI