Patent attributes
Methods and systems are provided for performing fuel vapor canister purging operations during engine off conditions. In one example, a method may include, responsive to an indication of breakthrough of vapors from a fuel vapor canister during engine-off conditions, configuring a first cylinder with both intake and exhaust valves open, opening a canister purge valve, and applying air pressure to the vapor canister such that desorbed canister vapors may be routed to an exhaust catalyst, the exhaust catalyst temperature maintained above a light off temperature. In this way, during engine-off conditions, including conditions wherein a vehicle is powered solely by battery, bleedthrough emissions may be reliably reduced by purging the vapor canister to the exhaust catalyst without requiring turning on the engine.
