EU refinery energy systems and efficiency

Mar 21, 2012

Report no. 3/12: The consumption of energy within EU refineries plays a crucial role in determining refinery operating costs and emissions and has therefore long been a focus of attention by refinery operators. Improvements in refinery energy efficiency have resulted...

Gasoline volatility and vehicle performance

Feb 21, 2012

Report no. 2/12: A six vehicle study has been completed to investigate the impact of changes in the volatility characteristics of unleaded gasoline containing 10% v/v ethanol on regulated exhaust and evaporative emissions and on hot and cold weather vehicle...

Assessment of refinery effluents and receiving waters using biologically-based effect methods

Jan 21, 2012

Report no. 1/12: Within the EU it is apparent that the regulatory focus on the use of biologically-based effects methods in the assessment of refinery effluents and receiving waters have increased in the past decade. This has been reflected in a recent refinery survey...

Acute aquatic toxicity of heavy fuel oils summary of relevant test data

Dec 21, 2011

Report no. 9/11: This report describes the experimental procedures and results obtained in acuteecotoxicity tests on several heavy fuel oil (HFO) samples. Water accommodated fractions (WAFs) of these samples were tested for toxicity to the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus...

The potential for application of CO2 capture and storage in EU oil refineries

Oct 21, 2011

Report no. 7/11: CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is a potential route to large scale reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere from large power generation and manufacturing facilities. It does, however, raise a number of technological, economic and legal challenges....