Vapor emission recovery and measuring method and vapor recovery collection boot

Patent · Mon Feb 12 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5415915

Cohen, J B; Principe, P P

A testing method and an apparatus are described for use at service stations to establish whether gasoline refueling systems meet government regulations for gasoline vapor emission. The apparatus includes a boot used to surround a gasoline dispensing nozzle while delivering gasoline to an automobile gas tank. This boot is used to recover the emitted vapors directly from the vehicle-nozzle interface region and the recovered apors are drawn by a pump through a flow meter and delivered to an analyzer. The outputs of the flow meter and analyzer may be delivered to a computing device to determine the mass emission rare of hydrocarbons and the accumulated total hydrocarbon mass emitted.

• Assignee: ERA-05-024626; EDB-80-067691
• Patent Number(s): US 4138880
• OSTI ID: 5415915
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
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MATERIALS HANDLING
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