Effects of gasoline vapour pressure and ethanol content on evaporative emissions from modern european cars

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Martini, Giorgio ^a   Manfredi, Urbano ^a   Mellios, Giorgos ^a   Krasenbrink, Alois ^a   De Santi, Giovanni ^a   McArragher, Steve ^b   Thompson, Neville ^b   Baro, Jose ^b   Zemroch, Peter J ^b   Boggio, Franco ^c   Celasco, Aldo ^c   Cucchi, Carlo ^b   Cahill, G F ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CONCAWE ^*

^c Fiat Powertrain Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; TESTING;

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EVAPORATIVE EMISSION; FUEL MATRIX; GASOLINE VAPOURS; RESEARCH CENTRES; TEST PROCEDURES; TEST PROGRAMME; TEST PROTOCOLS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 85072413254     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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