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June 20, 2022
Evaluation of plug-in hybrid vehicles in real-world conditions
Report no. 10/22: Assessing the real-world energetic performance and emissions of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs) is complex. First, because of the complexity of the powertrain itself, pairing thermal...
June 8, 2022
Comparison of PAC and MOAH for understanding the carcinogenic and developmental toxicity potential of mineral oils
The carcinogenicity and developmental toxicity of unrefined mineral oil is related to its 3–7 ring polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) content. Therefore, refining operations focus on the targeted r...
June 2, 2022
Biodiversity Impact Assessment of future biomass provision for biofuel production – Phase 1
This study aims to determine environmental impacts on biodiversity due to biomass production for bioenergy use. For this purpose the Biodiversity Impact Assessment (B.I.A.) method presented by Lindner...
May 16, 2022
Petroleum refinery effluent contribution to chemical mixture toxic pressure in the environment
Report no. 7/22: Petroleum refinery effluents (PRE) are wastewaters from industries associated with oil refining. Within EU, PREs are regulated through local discharge permits and receive significant...
April 21, 2022
User Manual for Concawe LNAPL Toolbox
Report no. 5/22: LNAPL stands for “Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids” or hydrocarbons that exist as a separate undissolved phase in the subsurface at some sites with legacy releases of fuels. They a...
April 19, 2022
Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines – Statistical summary of reported spillages in 2020 and since 1971
Report no. 6/22: Concawe has collected 50 years of spillage data on European cross-country oil pipelines. At nearly 36,000 km the current inventory includes the majority of such pipelines in Europe, t...
March 11, 2022
Definition Guidelines of Water Reuse, Recycling and Reclamation for European Refinery Sector
Report no. 4/22: The current Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference document (BREF) for the mineral oil refining sector (REF BREF) contains requirements such as reducing water consumption by water...
March 3, 2022
Impacts of low carbon technologies on environmental parameters: air/water/waste
Report no. 3/22: Concawe’s Low Carbon Pathways (LCP) programme aims to identify opportunities and challenges for different low-carbon technologies and feedstocks to achieve a significant reduction o...
February 23, 2022
Literature review of Particulate Matter (PM) from transport with a special focus on organic aerosols
Report no. 2/22: Several recent scientific studies on urban air quality have suggested that air quality modelling based on current emission inventories for mobile sources systematically underestimates...
February 1, 2022
Technological, Operational and Energy Pathways for Maritime Transport to Reduce Emissions Towards 2050
This is the final report from a study for OGCI and Concawe on the “Technological, Operational and Energy Pathways for Maritime Transport to Reduce Emissions Towards 2050”. The context for this stu...
January 18, 2022
Predicting vapour composition and flammability in a fuel tank (Concawe Report 30.2)
Fuel blends consisting of a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel and ethanol—referred to as dieseline—have shown promise for use in high-compression engines. Such mixtures could be flammable in the he...
January 18, 2022
Hydrogen for Europe (Concawe Review 30.2)
A new report co-financed by Concawe and a number of key stakeholders in the low-carbon and renewable hydrogen value chain details a study to assess the contribution of renewable and low-carbon hydroge...
January 18, 2022
Low-carbon liquid fuels: exploring potential ways to contribute to the 2050 EU climate ambition goals (Concawe Review 30.2)
With the publication of the European Green Deal and the recent legislative proposal from the European Commission to strengthen the 2030 climate-related targets, Europe has made clear its ambition to l...
January 18, 2022
Sustainable biomass availability in the EU towards 2050 (RED II Annex IX, Parts A and B) (Concawe Review 30.2)
Within the framework of the European Commission’s long-term strategy, Concawe’s cross-sectoral Low Carbon Pathways project identifies opportunities and challenges for different low-carbon technolo...
January 18, 2022
Concawe Review 30.2
This Review adds some important articles to Concawe’s Low Carbon Pathways project, a programme started several years ago to develop a holistic view of how the refining industry could contribute to...
January 10, 2022
ERTRAC – Technology and Research Perspective on the “Fit for 55” Package Proposal
In its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has committed to the objective of a carbon-neutral road transport system by 2050. Therefore, we s...
January 5, 2022
Linking biodegradation kinetics, microbial composition and test temperature – Testing 40 petroleum hydrocarbons using inocula collected in winter and summer
Many factors affect the biodegradation kinetics of chemicals in test systems and the environment. Empirical knowledge is needed on how much test temperature, inoculum, test substances and co-substrate...
December 9, 2021
Concawe’s response to the publication and presentation of T&E’s report “Magic green fuels: Why synthetic fuels in cars will not solve Europe’s pollution problems?”
T&E published a report on Monday 6 December, presenting their interpretation of the results of the lab tests they commissioned to IFPEN to measure air pollutant emissions of e-petrol in cars. Conc...
December 7, 2021
Literature review on CNG / H2 mixtures for heavy-duty CNG vehicles
Report no. 10/21: Sustainably produced hydrogen (H2) is seen as a low carbon fuel for transportation. Likewise compressed natural gas (CNG) could reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles, especially if it i...
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