Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation

Mahle International Gmbh

Oskak Gas Co., Ltd.

Osaka Gas Company Limited

Takashi Hasumi

Junpei Omichi

Koji Yamasaki

Yuji Arase

Hiroyuki Yoshida

Kenji Seki

Yuya Yamashita

Koji Yamazaki

Toshinobu Horimatsu

Hiroshi Iwauchi

A cylindrical column-shaped honeycomb adsorbent has a plurality of cell passages extending along an axial direction of the honeycomb adsorbent. The plurality of cell passages are configured so that a pitch of adjacent cell passages is within a range of 1.5 mm&#x2dc;1.8 mm, and so that a thickness of a wall between the cell passages is within a range of 0.45 mm&#x2dc;0.60 mm. With this configuration, the honeycomb adsorbent exhibits BWC (Butane Working Capacity) of 6.5 g/dL or greater. By mixing fibrous meltable core melting away during baking, the honeycomb adsorbent has macropores configured to have a volume of 0.15 mL/g&#x2dc;0.35 mL/g with respect to an overall weight of the honeycomb adsorbent and metal oxide particles having a proportion of weight of 150&#x2dc;250% with respect to the activated carbon.

Honeycomb adsorbent, method of manufacturing the honeycomb adsorbent and canister

A fuel adsorption device may include a case and a heater. The case may be metal and may have a multi-cylindrical shape. The case may accommodate a plurality of adsorbents configured to at least one of adsorb and desorb evaporated fuel. The case may include a cylindrical first wall part, at least one cylindrical second wall part disposed further inward than the first wall part, and a plurality of connection parts connecting the first wall part and the at least one second wall part to one other. A first adsorbent of the plurality of adsorbents may be arranged in a first space disposed between the first wall part and the second wall part. A second adsorbent of the plurality of adsorbents may be arranged in a second space disposed further inward than the second wall part. The heater may be disposed on an outer surface of the first wall part.

Fuel adsorption device and evaporated fuel processing apparatus including the same

To reduce size and weight of canister while improving adsorbing/desorbing performance by optimizing adsorbent that fills chamber located at air release side. Adsorbent filling chamberslocated at air portside, of a plurality of chambersthat are arranged in series along an air flow direction in caseis formed by macroscopic pore whose diameter is 50 nm or greater. The adsorbent has hollow cylindrical shape whose inside thickness is 0.6 to 1.5 mm and whose outside diameter is 4 to 6 mm or hollow spherical shape whose inside thickness is 0.6 to 1.5 mm and whose diameter is 4 to 6 mm. A ratio of volume of the macroscopic pore whose diameter is less than 500 nm to total volume of the macroscopic pore whose diameter is equal to or greater than 50 nm is within a range of 30 to 70%.

Canister

A canister is provided with a plurality of adsorbent chambers filled with adsorbent, and the adsorbent chambers are connected together so as to form a U-turn-shaped passage. The canister has a communication chamber through which both end portions of adjacent two adsorbent chambers communicate with each other; a middle chamber formed at the end portion of one of the adjacent two adsorbent chambers, which is positioned at a downstream side of the communication chamber, and connected to the communication chamber through a communication hole; a baffle plate set in the middle chamber with the baffle plate facing to the communication hole so that an incoming air flow from the communication hole strikes against the baffle plate and diffuses in the middle chamber; and a tubular portion protruding in the communication chamber from an opening edge of the communication hole along a longitudinal direction of the one adsorbent chamber.

A canister includes a casing having a gas passage which extends from a first passage end formed with a charge port to let in fuel vapor and a purge port to let out the fuel vapor, to a second passage end formed with an atmospheric air port to let in air, and which includes a heat storing and adsorbing chamber in which a granular adsorbing material and a granular heat storing material are held. The granular heat storing material contains capsules each including a phase-change material enclosed in a multilayer outer shell which includes an inner layer of a hydrophobic resin and an outer layer of a hydrophilic resin covering the inner layer.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Hasumi