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National Statistics on the UK’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for 1990-2015 will be published on 7th February 2017. Every year, BEIS applies methodological improvements to the way those emissions are estimated. The guidance published on 13th January 2017 sets out the main methodology chan...
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As of 1 September 2017, new car models have had to pass new and more reliable emissions tests before they hit European roads, under new European Commission (EC) requirements. New cars produced by manufactures will now have to pass emissions tests in ‘real driving conditions’ as well as an improved l...
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In UK, the Environmental Audit Committee reports that the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) is too low to meet the UK’s climate change targets. Air quality targets for 2010 will not be met before 2020, by which time 9% of all new cars should be ULEV. In the first half of 201...
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A review is presented on BTEX absorption in glycols, national and international environmental laws in force, sampling and analysis methods of BTEX in gas and glycol streams, and calculation tools for forecasting the exhaust emission levels of these pollutants. Current technologies for BTEX exhaust e...
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Work carried out by the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum to meet legislative requirements for emissions is described. Research in 12 areas includes emission monitoring, dispersion modelling, VOc and NOx emission control, risk assessment and refinery stream specifications. Process streams and p...
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Four major cost factors to consider when purchasing valves are described as initial purchase price, monitoring costs, repair/rebuild costs, and replacement costs. Each of these factors is reviewed and poor performance in any area can escalate overall costs and lead to fugitive emissions which will i...
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Pi Technology is successfully developing control systems for hybrid, fuel cell and other transitional fuel vehicles. These systems include engine starting and stopping during a typical drive cycle in order to improve fuel economy and emission control. The development also covers telematics, a typica...
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Ships entering SOx (sulphur oxide) emission control areas (SECA) that normally operate on high sulphur bunker fuels in advance so that the vessel is burning clean on entry into the area. Operators must also be able to demonstrate to the relevant authorities through appropriate documentation and reco...
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With a view to recovering emissions from petroleum refining and storage and transport facilities, the separation of hydrocarbon vapour mixtures from nitrogen using an aromatic poly(ether imide) membrane prepared by the phase inversion technique was investigated. Petroleum vapour was effectively sepa...
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