Optical methods for remote measurement of diffuse VOCs: their role in the quantification of annual refinery emissions

Aug 13, 2008

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 recently developed optical gas imaging (OGI) equipment is a...

Report of a toxicology forum symposium on air quality and cardiovascular health effects: what’s the impact

Jul 13, 2008

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 leading scientists and have a debate on the state of knowledge in this...

Advanced combustion for low emissions and high efficiency: a literature review of HCCI combustion concepts

Apr 22, 2008

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 engines, these combustion concepts are generically called...

Guidelines for blending and handling motor gasoline containing up to 10% v/v ethanol

Apr 21, 2008

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 discussed as they relate to the conformity of the finished fuel to...

European downstream oil industry safety performanceStatistical summary of reported incidents – 2006

Mar 21, 2008

Report no. 2/08: The thirteenth 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 contractors for the year 2006. Data was received from 20 companies representing...