POx cold start vapor system

摘要

A gasoline vapor storage canister is employed to temporarily store hydrocarbon vapors vented from the gas tank in an automotive vehicle using an engine or fuel cell motive means which is fuelled at least in part from an on-board-the-vehicle, partial oxidation (POx) reactor for converting gasoline to a hydrogen-containing POx fuel. During cold start situations, gasoline vapor is purged from the storage canister to supply a stream of combustible fuel/air mixture to the POx reactor for ignition and heat up of the catalytic reactor to its operating temperature.