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US 11,428,193 B2Granted
Thermal insulation of a membrane module for mitigating evaporative fuel emissions of automobiles
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsThomas Ehlert, Achim Gommel, Melanie Volz, John Jackson, Simon Streng
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Abstract
A thermal insulation system for mitigating evaporative fuel emissions of an automobile may include a membrane component and a thermal component connected to the membrane component. The thermal component may be configured for condensing, in the membrane component or in the thermal component, fuel vapor generated from a fuel tank of an automobile.
Claims19
A thermal insulation system for mitigating evaporative fuel emissions of an automobile, comprising:
- a membrane component;
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- a thermal mitigating component connected to the membrane component,
- wherein the thermal insulation system is configured to receive fuel vapor with at least a portion of the fuel vapor being generated by a change in environmental temperature surrounding a fuel tank in the automobile,
- wherein the thermal mitigating component is configured to maintain a temperature that is lower than the environmental temperature, such that at least a portion of the fuel vapor received by the thermal insulation system condenses,
- wherein the condensed fuel vapor is directed back to the fuel tank.
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