CONCAWE issues guidelines on gasoline volatility aspects for year 2000 EN 228 standard

Apr 1, 1999

Gasoline volatility specifications are defined in volatility classes in the European Standard EN 228. CEN member countries have selected up to three volatility classes to satisfy the driveability requirements for their market based on regional climatic variations over...

Proposal for revision of volatility classes in EN 228 specification in light of EU fuels directive

Jan 21, 1999

Report no. 99/51: CONCAWE has reviewed the current gasoline volatility specifications within EN228 relating to hot weather drive ability, i.e. RVP, E70 and Vapour Lock Index (VLI), in anticipation of changes to volatility characteristics after year 2000, due to the...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in automotive exhaust emissions and fuels

Nov 21, 1998

Report no. 98/55: A comprehensive literature review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in automotive exhaust emissions and fuels has been conducted. Sources and mechanisms of their formation in the internal combustion engine are discussed. Analytical techniques...

Opportunities and costs to upgrade the quality of automotive diesel fuel

Oct 21, 1998

Report no. 88/52: The results of last year’s study of opportunities and costs to upgrade quality of automotive diesel fuel in the EEC were included in CONCAWE Report No. 10187 “Diesel fuel quality and its relationship with emissions from diesel...

A survey of European gasoline qualities – summer 1996

Oct 21, 1998

Report no. 5/98: CONCAWE has conducted a new survey of gasoline qualities in sixteen European countries. Over 1100 samples were collected in the summer period 1996 and analysed. This report summarises the findings by country.