Specific Consumer Exposure Determinants (SCEDs) for key uses of fuels and lubricants

Mar 14, 2015

Report no. 15/14: Under the REACH regulation, registrants are required to demonstrate the absence of significant risk when consumers are exposed to their registered substances. To do this, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has identified preferred REACH consumer...

Dermal exposures associated with service station refuelling activities: preliminary evaluation

Mar 12, 2015

Report no. 14/14: This study investigates dermal exposure to petrol and diesel fuel in service station attendants responsible for the refuelling of automobiles. In phase 1 of the study, six attendants from three service stations wore a carbon patch sample inside and...

Exploring a Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) engine concept

Mar 12, 2015

Report no. 13/14: This report describes initial engineering and experimental steps to assess the potential to improve efficiency and reduce both regulated and CO2 emissions, and maintain acceptable noise performance by running gasoline in an advanced diesel engine. An...

Towards the establishment of a protocol for the quantification of VOC diffuse emissions using open-path remote monitoring techniques: DIAL monitoring of a VOC source of known emission flux

Dec 8, 2014

Report no. 12/14: This report provides the results of a programme of work undertaken to compare the controlled rate of release of propane from a simulated floating roof tank with the flux determined using information on wind data and DIAL measurements. The effects of...

The estimated forward cost of EU legislation for the EU refining industry

Nov 8, 2014

Report no. 11/14: This Concawe report provides an estimation of the cost burden imposed on EU refineries over the period from 2010 to 2020 by a number of EU legislative and implementing acts. It is concluded that the regulations under consideration have the potential...