by Victoire de Marans | Nov 4, 2022
Petroleum refinery effluents (PRE) are wastewaters from industries associated with oil refining. Within Europe, PREs are regulated through local discharge permits and receive substantial treatment before emission. After treatment, PREs can still contain low levels of...
by Victoire de Marans | Sep 15, 2022
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) analysis is one of the most commonly used analytical methods to indirectly measure organic pollutants in effluent waters. The standard COD methods use potassium dichromate which is restricted under the REACH regulation. The European...
by Victoire de Marans | Jul 15, 2022
This report provides an assessment of the extent to which toxicity testing is carried on European refinery effluents, and the types of tests being used. The analysis is based on responses given to Concawe water use and effluent quality surveys completed for the 2010,...
by Victoire de Marans | Jul 11, 2022
The performance of seven field-based technologies including 3 portable solvent-based technologies and 4 handheld solvent free technologies were evaluated for petroleum hydrocarbons determination in soil and soil-gas samples from a range of gasoline and diesel spiked...
by Victoire de Marans | Jul 8, 2022
This report provides an overview of spot and passive sampling data of three refinery effluents after treatment that were collected for chemical and ecotoxicological effluent assessment. The report includes a discussion of the relationships between toxic units derived...
