Overview of Field-Based Analytical Techniques, Devices and Kits to Determine Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil

Apr 28, 2021

Report no. 3/21: Determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil has long been an area of active investigation and still attracting interest as there are important and complex environmental contaminants. Several standardised lab-based analytical techniques providing...

Literature review on emissions of semi- and intermediate volatile organic compounds and formation of organic aerosols with focus on the refinery sector

Feb 12, 2021

Report no. 1/21: Organic aerosols (OA) are an important component of ambient particulate matter (PM) but their origin and formation is not well understood. Traditionally, OA have been described by two classes: a) primary organic aerosol (POA) and b) secondary organic...

Results of a comparative pilot field test study of a first generation Quantitative Optical Gas Imaging (QOGI) system

Oct 28, 2020

Report no. 23/20: Quantitative optical gas imaging (QOGI) is a new system to detect fugitive emission sources and quantify their mass release rates. This report presents an evaluation of QOGI technology compared to other techniques (Sniffing/EPA Method 21 and high...

Producing low sulphur marine fuels in Europe – 2020-2025 vision

Oct 20, 2020

Report no. 21/20: The global Sulphur cap entered into force from the 1st of January 2020, and it is seen by the refinery sector as an unprecedented step evolution for a key specification of one of their products. The sulphur going down from 3.50% max to 0.50wt%S is...

JEC Well-To-Wheels v5 related reports (including JEC WTT, TTW & WTW v5)

Sep 25, 2020

JRC (the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), EUCAR and Concawe have updated their joint evaluation of the Well-to-Wheels energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a wide range of potential future fuel and powertrain options, first published in...