Concawe Reports
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Advanced combustion for low emissions and high efficiency – Part 1: Impact of engine hardware on HCCI combustion
Report no. 9/10: Two single-cylinder diesel engines were optimised for advanced combustion performance by means of practical and cumulative hardware enhancements that are likely to be used to meet Eur...
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Effect of in Vehicle Storage On B10 Diesel Quality
The oxidation stability of diesel fuel containing Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) is considerably reduced in comparison to conventional diesel. In general, a minimum stability requirement is defined ...
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Report of a workshop on environment and health: evaluating European air quality research and translating priorities into actions 19-20 January 2009
Report No. 8/10: Scientists, academics, regulators, and representatives of industry and non-governmental organizations from some 18 countries around the world convened at the Bedford Hotel and Congres...
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European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2009
Report no. 7/10: The sixteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractor...
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CONCAWE compilation of selected physicalchemical properties of petroleum substances and sulfur
Report no. 6/10: For the purpose of REACH registration, CONCAWE has collected physical-chemical data from its member companies on petroleum substances and sulfur produced at their sites.
Substances...
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Review of dermal effects and uptake of petroleum hydrocarbons
Report no. 5/10: This report serves as an update to and an extension of a previous CONCAWE report on dermal absorption of petroleum hydrocarbons (Petroleum hydrocarbons:their absorption through and ef...
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CONCAWE effluent speciation project
Report No. 3/10: In preparation for the implementation of the EU REACH regulation, a project was undertaken to transfer the high-resolution analytical method for determining hydrocarbon blocks in petr...
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Refinery BREF related environmental parameters for aqueous discharges from refineries in Europe
Report No. 2/10: This report is prepared as part of the Industry input to the revision process for the Refinery Best Available Technique (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) that is being undertaken by the...
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Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2006)
This report describes the results of the 2006 year survey into the sulphur pathways in European refining. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recovery of sulphur in...
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Guidelines for handling and blending FAME
Report no. 9/09: This report provides guidance on the handling and blending of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), as a neat product and at concentrations up to 10% v/v in diesel fuel. The major challeng...
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Volatility and vehicle driveability performance of ethanol/gasoline blends: a literature review
Report no. 8/09: The effect of blending ethanol (up to 20% v/v) into gasoline on the volatility of the ethanol/gasoline blend and on the hot and cold weather vehicle driveability performance of these...
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European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2008
Report no. 7/09: The fifteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractor...
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European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2007
Report no. 6/09: The fourteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contracto...
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Additional human exposure information for gasoline substance risk assessment (period 2002-2007)
Report no. 5/09: This report provides an update on human exposure information for gasoline-related activities for which previous assessments had suggested that exposure was either elevated or highly v...
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Refining BREF review – air emissions
Report no. 4/09: A review of emission and abatement technologies has been carried out to inform the review of the Reference Document for Best Available Techniques for the Mineral Oil and Gas Refining...
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Comparison of particle emissions from advanced vehicles using DG TREN and PMP measurement protocols
Report no. 02/09: CONCAWE has developed extensive data on particle emissions from light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles through its previous experimental programmes. In this study,four light-duty vehicle...
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Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Report no. 3/09: Legislative measures recently adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pave the way for a dramatic reduction of the sulphur content of international marine fuels.
B...
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Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Report no. 3/09: Legislative measures recently adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pave the way for a dramatic reduction of the sulphur content of international marine fuels. Base...
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Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries
Report no. 1/09: This report is the first revision of CONCAWE Report 3/07, which itself replaced Report No. 9/05R Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries....
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Impact of product quality and demand evolution on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon: CO2 emissions trend and mitigation options
Report no. 8/08: This report presents an integrated assessment of the impact of product quality and demand changes on EU refineries between 2000 and 2020 in terms of investment requirements, energy co...
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Optical methods for remote measurement of diffuse VOCs: their role in the quantification of annual refinery emissions
Report no. 6/08: This report provides a review of the techniques which are currently commercially available for remotely monitoring VOCs from both point and area diffuse emission sources. The use of r...
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Report of a toxicology forum symposium on air quality and cardiovascular health effects: what’s the impact
Report no. 5/08: CONCAWE sponsored a special session at the ToxForum meeting (October 2007) on Air Quality and Cardiovascular health effects.
The session provided an opportunity to bring together l...
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Advanced combustion for low emissions and high efficiency: a literature review of HCCI combustion concepts
Report no. 4/08: This report reviews an extensive published literature covering a class of advanced combustion concepts for low emissions and high efficiency in internal combustion engines. For diesel...
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Guidelines for blending and handling motor gasoline containing up to 10% v/v ethanol
Report no. 3/08: This report provides guidance on handling and blending ethanol at up to 10% v/v concentrations in motor gasoline. The major challenges associated with ethanol containing gasolines are...