Effect of gasoline composition on the absorption and retention of fuel vapor by activated carbon of the automobile adsorber

The physicochemical characteristics of petrol samples are studied. It is established that the fuel purchased at fuel stations corresponds to the standard parameters presented in the EURO standard for unleaded petrol. The presence of saturated hydrocarbons in petrol is determined using concentrated sulfuric acid, which reacts with unsaturated (alkenes, olefins) and aromatic hydrocarbons, without reacting with saturated hydrocarbons. The fractional composition of petrol samples is determined from the distillation temperatures measured by a mercury thermometer included in the automatic oil distillation apparatus ARNS-1E, acidity titration with an alcohol solution of potassium hydroxide gasoline mixtures with 80% ethanol. An acid-base phenolphthalein indicator (pH = 8.0-9.6) is used to indicate an excess of OH-. The density of the fuel samples is measured with oleometers (densimeters), octane numbers (ON) - indicator (Octanometer) OKTAN-IM. The limit of the permissible absolute error of the measurement of ON is ' 2 octane units. It is established that all petrols without exception contain saturated, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. It is shown that of the seven samples studied, two samples have some peculiarities. It is concluded that when controlling the quality of fuel, it is necessary to take into account not only the conformity of the determined value to the parameter of the norm, but also the differences in the values of the indices obtained when testing a series of fuel samples. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd