Patent ID: 6840984

Claim:
In an motor vehicle exhaust gas system, a device for adsorbing at least one component of an exhaust gas, comprising: an adsorber having a volume through which an exhaust gas can flow at a temperature and mass flow rate; said volume corresponding to the following equation: V ≤ a + b · t + c m + d · t 2 + e m 2 + f · t m + g · t 3 + h m 3 + i · t m 2 + k · t 2 m , where: V=Volume of the adsorber, t=mean temperature of the exhaust gas, m=mean mass flow rate of the exhaust gas, a=0.1660393, b=0.0033635701, c=−1.7023186, d=6.5277225·10 −6 , e=195.657, f=−0.1373556, g=−9.0343024·10 −9 , h=−1273.9098, i=1.0172767, and k=−1.442512·10 −5 .