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May 15, 2014
Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at heavy-duty vehicles
Looking back on developments in heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) technology over the past 20–25 years, one could rightly describe them as a ‘total makeover’. The improvements are particularly obvious...
May 15, 2014
Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at aviation
After more than a century since the Wright Brothers took off, we have become accustomed to the conveniences and inconveniences of air transportation. As high speed rail and slower options, like lon...
March 13, 2014
Methods for estimating VOC emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries
Report no. 5/14: This report reviews the different methods available to estimate annual Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries and discusses t...
February 17, 2014
Use of motor fuels and lubricants: habits and practices of consumers in Europe
Report no. 4/14: A structured survey of European consumers was carried out across 250 participants to better understand their habits and practices concerning their use of vehicle fuels and lubricants....
January 31, 2014
Assessment of Recent Health Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ozone
Report no. 3/14: This report summarises the assessment of the policy relevant long-term health studies published since the last update of the ozone Air Quality Limit Value (AQLV). This project was und...
January 24, 2014
Proceedings of the Mineral Oil CRoss Industry IssueS (MOCRINIS) Workshop September 2013
Report no. 2/14: CONCAWE organised a 2-day Mineral Oil Cross Industry Issues (MOCRINIS)Workshop in Bologna, Italy in September 2013. The objective of the Workshop was to address topics that have arise...
January 21, 2014
Application of the target lipid and equilibrium partitioning models to non-polar organic chemicals in soils and sediments
The Target Lipid Model (TLM) provides a framework for deriving predicted no effect concentrations (PNEC) for non polar organic chemicals to organisms in the environment. This approach has been used to...
December 21, 2013
Assessment of the impact of ethanol content in gasoline on fuel consumption, including a literature review up to 2006
Report no. 13/13: Ethanol, at low concentrations in motor gasoline, is known to impact both the fuel consumption and emissions from vehicles. Because ethanol has a lower energy content per litre compa...
November 28, 2013
Supplementary guidance for the investigation and risk-assessment of potentially contaminated sediments: a companion volume to Energy Institute
Report no. 11/13: This report provides guidance on the investigation and assessment of potentially contaminated sediments, focusing on the inland, estuarine and coastal environments. It is designed as...
November 21, 2013
Laboratory Oxidation Stability Study on B10 Biodiesel Blends
Report no. 10/13: A laboratory oxidation stability study has been completed jointly by CONCAWE and DGMK on three biodiesel blends containing 10% v/v (B10) Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME). The results o...
October 21, 2013
Marine fuels and hydrogen sulphide
Report no. 8/13: The safe handling of petroleum cargoes and refined products that may contain hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is an important issue for the marine and inland fuel industries. Attention has ref...
October 21, 2013
Challenges in addressing phototoxicity and photodegradation in the environmental risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the aquatic compartment
Report no. 9/13: This report summarises how light might interact with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to alter both their environmental fate and their potential to cause adverse effects. The q...
September 21, 2013
Acute and chronic aquatic toxicity of aromatic extracts. Summary of relevant test data
Report no. 6/13: This report describes the experimental procedures and the results obtained in acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests on several aromatic extracts samples. The samples were tested for tox...
July 21, 2013
Aquatic ecotoxicity and biodegradability of cracked gas oils. Summary of relevant test data
Report no. 7/13: This report describes the experimental procedures and the results obtained in acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests as well as a biodegradation study on cracked gas oil samples.
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July 20, 2013
European downstream oil industry safety performance. Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2012
Report no. 5/13: In this nineteenth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2012 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own emplo...
June 22, 2013
Refinery effluent analysis methodologies for relevant parameters from EU-regulatory regimes
Report no. 4/13: This report provides guidance to CONCAWE members on the analytical methods that might be used to monitor oil refinery effluents for those refinery-specific parameters covered by relev...
April 30, 2013
Predicting refinery effluent toxicity on the basis of hydrocarbon composition determined by GCxGC analysis
Report no. 2/13: A high resolution analytical method for determining hydrocarbon blocks in petroleum products by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) was used for the analysis of p...
April 23, 2013
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2013
Fifty years ago—in October 1963—six international oil companies operating European refineries decided to form a new Study Group. The objective of this Study Group was to assist the oil companies...
April 21, 2013
Oil refining in the EU in 2020, with perspectives to 2030
Report no. 1/13: In the two decades to 2030, the EU refining industry will face significant changes in product demand, both in absolute terms and with regard to the relative demand for gasoline and di...
February 1, 2013
Fifty years of air quality conservation
Looking back over 50 years, it is clear why attention to air quality and its relationship with emissions has been, and still is, one of the leading activities carried out by CONCAWE for its members...
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