Fuel quality and emissions

Fuel quality and emissions

CONCAWE first embarked on work on fuels quality in relation to automotive emissions in the late 1970s.Since that time, tremendous progress has been made in reducing emissions from road transport, with improvements in fuel quality contributing substantially to these...
Occupational exposures to gasoline vapour

Occupational exposures to gasoline vapour

The risk assessment methodology requires data on exposure in order to make comparisons between so-called ‘no-effect-levels’, arising from health effect studies, and exposure cases as they occur during normal handling and use of the substance.
Emissions from modern gasoline vehicles

Emissions from modern gasoline vehicles

Over recent years, vehicle technologies have developed rapidly with significant improvements in emissions control. Exhaust catalysts were first required on European gasoline cars with the introduction of Euro 1 emissions limits in 1993, with subsequent evolution to...
Sulphur-free fuels are on the way

Sulphur-free fuels are on the way

The final version of the revised EU Fuels Directive, 2003/17/EC, was published in March 2003. As expected, sulphur-free gasoline and diesel fuels (10 mg/kg maximum sulphur content), must be available on ‘an appropriate balanced geographic basis’ from 2005. Full market...