Guidelines for handling and blending FAME

Nov 21, 2009

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 challenges associated with diesel fuels containing FAME are discussed as...

Volatility and vehicle driveability performance of ethanol/gasoline blends: a literature review

Oct 21, 2009

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 blends has been assessed from published literature. This literature...

Benchmarking of refinery CO2 emissions

Oct 1, 2009

The EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) foresees a number of mechanisms for distributing emission allowances amongst market players. In the first and second emission trading periods under the original ETS Directive, the majority of allowances were...

Additional human exposure information for gasoline substance risk assessment (period 2002-2007)

Jun 17, 2009

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assessments had suggested that exposure was either elevated or highly variable or available data were considered out-of-date. In addition...

The footprint of petroleum fuels

May 1, 2009

There are various circumstances, in particular in the context of life cycle analyses (LCA) where it may be desirable to establish the footprint of fossil fuels in terms of cost, energy or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This legitimate expectation raises a specific...