| Title: |
Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
International organisation- network or project
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| Year: |
2012 |
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Prepared for the Special Task Force on Groundwater (WQ/STF-33) Report no. 4/12
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| Author 1/Producer: |
CONCAWE
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
D. Stupp (DSC) M. Gass (DSC) H. Leiteritz (DSC) C. Pijls (TAUW BV) S. Thornton (University of Sheffield, UK) J. Smith (CONCAWE) M. Dunk (CONCAWE) T. Grosjean (CONCAWE) K. den Haan (CONCAWE)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Professional / trade / industry associations, institutes or networks
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| ISBN: |
9782875670052
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->MNA
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Microbiology
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Pesticides
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Microbiology
Water and sanitation-->Water supply
Water resources and their management -->Stresses, quality and ecological status
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| Short description: |
Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve
combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In this report the term
gasoline ether oxygenates (GEO) refers collectively to methyl tertiary butyl ether
(MTBE), ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME), diisopropyl
ether (DIPE), tertiary amyl ethyl ether (TAEE), tertiary hexyl methyl ether
(THxME), and tertiary hexyl ethyl ether (THxEE), as well as the associated tertiary
butyl alcohol (TBA).
This report presents newly collated data on the production capacities and use of
MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE and TBA in 30 countries (27 EU countries and Croatia,
Norway and Switzerland) to inform continued and effective environmental
management practices for GEO by CONCAWE members. The report comprises
data on gasoline use in Europe that were provided by CONCAWE and obtained
from the European Commission. Furthermore Société Générale de Surveillance
(SGS) provided detailed analytical data (more than 1,200 sampling campaigns) on
the GEO composition of gasoline in European countries in the period 2000-2010.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 26/06/2012
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