Project: Emerging requirements for measuring pollutants from automotive exhaust emissions
Certain small particles emitted from car exhausts and other vehicles can damage human health and the environment. Platinum group elements (PGE) are used in catalytic convertors and although they were once thought to be harmless, this is no longer the case and regulatory limits need to be produced. Mercury is also of growing concern; it is toxic and although only present in trace amounts in petrol, the total amount released into the environment is significant. This project will build expertise in measuring small particle pollutants, particularly PGE and mercury, and will increase the required accuracy and reliability of measurements to allow future regulations to be developed.
| Acronym | ENV02 PartEmission (Reference Number: ENV02) |
| Duration | 01/06/2011 - 31/05/2014 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
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| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMRP |
| Call | EMRP Call 2010 - Industry and Environment |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | Coordinator | Germany |
| 2 | Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | Dansk Fundamental Metrologi A/S | Partner | Denmark |
| 4 | Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie METAS | Partner | Switzerland |
| 5 | Institut Jožef Stefan | Partner | Slovenia |
| 6 | JRC - Joint Research Centre - European Commission | Partner | Belgium |
| 7 | Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais | Partner | France |
| 8 | Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy | Partner | Finland |
| 9 | NPL Management Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 10 | VSL B.V. | Partner | Netherlands |