Concawe Reports
![Experimental evaluation of the flux chamber technique to determine VOC emissions from a water surface](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Capture-3.png)
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Experimental evaluation of the flux chamber technique to determine VOC emissions from a water surface
Report no. 3/17: Tests have been undertaken under controlled conditions in a wind tunnel to compare the emission fluxes from an open tank containing an aqueous toluene solution with those determined u...
![EU renewable energy targets in 2020: 2015 legislative update](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/jrc-technical.png)
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EU renewable energy targets in 2020: 2015 legislative update
This report is the result of the JEC Biofuels Programme, a joint study carried out by JRC (the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D) an...
![An evaluation of an optical gas imaging system for the quantification of fugitive hydrocarbon emissions](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-3.png)
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An evaluation of an optical gas imaging system for the quantification of fugitive hydrocarbon emissions
Report no. 2/17: This report provides the results of a preliminary study undertaken to test the performance of a quantitative optical gas imaging (QOGI) system. This has been developed to measure the...
![Estimating the marginal CO2 intensities of EU refinery products](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/Estimating-the-marginal-co2-intensities.png)
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Estimating the marginal CO2 intensities of EU refinery products
Report no. 1/17: Estimating the CO2 emissions associated with production of individual oil products is challenging inasmuch as they are produced simultaneously through a combination of interrelated pr...
![Impact of FAME Content on the Regeneration Frequency of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs)](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-2.png)
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Impact of FAME Content on the Regeneration Frequency of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs)
Report no. 14/16: Modern diesel passenger cars utilize Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) to reduce particulate matter exhaust emissions. In addition oxygenated fuels and fuel blending components such...
![Phase 1: Effect of Fuel Octane on the Performance of Two Euro 4 Gasoline Passenger Cars](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report2.png)
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Phase 1: Effect of Fuel Octane on the Performance of Two Euro 4 Gasoline Passenger Cars
Report no. 13/16: This report details work that was carried out to study the response of modern gasoline passenger cars on octane. The objective of this phase 1 of the study was to investigate the eff...
![European downstream oil industry safety performance – Statistical summary of reported incidents 2015](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-sandrine-2.png)
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European downstream oil industry safety performance – Statistical summary of reported incidents 2015
Report no. 12/16: In this twenty-second annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2015 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own e...
![Urban Air Quality Study](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/marleen-report.png)
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Urban Air Quality Study
Report no. 11/16: An exploration into the effect of emission reduction scenarios on compliance with the ambient air quality limit values for the EU-27 countries in urban environments....
![Gasoline Direct Injection Particulate Study](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/marleen-2.png)
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Gasoline Direct Injection Particulate Study
Report no. 10/16: Two modern Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) light duty vehicles have been tested to investigate the effect of oxygenates (mainly ethanol) on particulates - both mass and number, fuel...
![Emission factors for metals from combustion of refinery fuel gas and residual fuel oil](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/concawe-16-9-report.png)
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Emission factors for metals from combustion of refinery fuel gas and residual fuel oil
Report no. 9/16: This report provides emission factors for nine metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium and zinc) emitted to atmosphere during the combustion of ref...
![Environmental fate and effects of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-sandrine-snapshot.png)
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Environmental fate and effects of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Report no. 8/16: Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and Fluoroprotein (FP)/ Film Forming Fluoroprotein Foam (FFFP) foam have been used since the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, for the suppression of cla...
![Assessing the aquatic toxicity of petroleum products: comparison of PETROTOX calculations and SPME-GC screening](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report.png)
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Assessing the aquatic toxicity of petroleum products: comparison of PETROTOX calculations and SPME-GC screening
Report No. 3/16: Using detailed two-dimensional chromatography (GCxGC) analysis of a set of petroleum product samples of Gas Oils, Residual Aromatic Extracts (RAE) and Bitumen categories, PETROTOX pre...
![Critical review of the relationship between IP346 and dermal carcinogenic activity](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-health-2.png)
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Critical review of the relationship between IP346 and dermal carcinogenic activity
Report no. 6/16: The IP 346 method was adopted as a screening assay to predict the carcinogenicity of specific petroleum streams. Its application is based on a strong correlation with results from ove...
![Analysis of N-, O-, and S- heterocyclics in petroleum products using GCxGC with specific detection](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/s-report.png)
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Analysis of N-, O-, and S- heterocyclics in petroleum products using GCxGC with specific detection
Report no. 2/16: REACH dossiers on all p etroleum productcategories were compiled and submitted by Concawe in 2010. ECHA subsequently raised co ncerns regarding the tech nical justification of the ass...
![The Natural Attenuation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters in Soil and Groundwater (report no. 5/16)](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/report-5-16.jpg)
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The Natural Attenuation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters in Soil and Groundwater (report no. 5/16)
Report no. 5/16: With the increasing use of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in automotive fuels there is growing interest in the fate and effects of biodiesel, and biodiesel/ petroleum distillate blen...
![Review of recent health effect studies with sulphur dioxide](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/sulphur-dioxide.png)
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Review of recent health effect studies with sulphur dioxide
Report no. 4/16: This report focuses on published toxicology and epidemiology studies that have examined the relationship between sulphur dioxide exposures and the occurrence of acute and chronic heal...
![Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2010)](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/sulphur.png)
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Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2010)
Report no. 1/16: This report describes the results of the 2010 year survey into the sulphur pathways in European refining. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recove...
![Monitoring method for inhalation exposure to gas oil vapour and aerosol](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/capture_report-8_15.png)
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Monitoring method for inhalation exposure to gas oil vapour and aerosol
Report no. 8/15: A study was conducted to characterize sampling and analysis methods for the measurement of the personal workplace exposure concentration of gas oil vapours and aerosols and in particu...
![Evaluation of Whole Effluent Bioassays for Assessment of Hydrocarbon Ecotoxicity – Phase III Stream Study](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/concawe-report-picture.png)
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Evaluation of Whole Effluent Bioassays for Assessment of Hydrocarbon Ecotoxicity – Phase III Stream Study
Report no. 7/15: Toxicity predictions based on laboratory- based Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) tests have been assessed by dosing outdoor stream mesocosms with unmodified and fortified refinery efflue...
![Techniques for detecting and quantifying fugitive emissions – results of comparative field studies](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/cover.jpg)
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Techniques for detecting and quantifying fugitive emissions – results of comparative field studies
Report no. 6/15: Sniffing and Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) methods for the detection of refinery fugitive VOC emissions were compared under field conditions. Both of these methods are described as Best A...
![Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2014](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/front-page.jpg)
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Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2014
Report no. 5/15: In this twenty-first annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2014 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own emp...
![Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines (1971-1983)](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/The-oil-companies-European-association-for-Environment-Health-and-Safety-in-refining-and-distribution-2.jpg)
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Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines (1971-1983)
Detailed description of reported spillages 1971-1983. Twenty-one spillages were reported during 1972 and these are itemised in detail in Appendix I, and further tabulated in categories and volumetric...
![Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/capture_report.jpg)
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Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries
Report no. 3/15: This report is an update of the Concawe publication “Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries”.
It provides algorithms to permit emi...
![Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2011](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/YWS.jpg)
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Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2011
Report no. 2/15: This report provides a review of the air pollutant emissions data submitted by national authorities for oil refineries in the E-PRTR from 2007 to 2011.
Detailed analyses are given...