About us: Value proposition
Risk and liability quantification
Dieselgate stands out as the compliance risk case of recent times. Many legal cases have followed since 2015, which explore whether vehicles were legal compliant and, if not, what was the degree of transgression. Emissions Analytics helps client assess and quantify these risks, for example in:
Real-world regulated tailpipe emissions, on certification and non-certification cycles, using PEMS
Performance on unregulated emissions likely to be introduced with Euro 7/VII, using PEMS
Environment contamination from tyre wear emissions, recycling and end-of-life disposal, using BTAS
Driving crash risk from elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the vehicle cabin, using PIMS
Consumer complaint risk from poor comfort or negative health affects from volatile organic compound build-up in the vehicle cabin, using Materials
Fraud in passing off new fuels as renewable when they are not actually from low-carbon sources, using Fuels
Reputational risk from launching a new fuel, necessitating independent testing of its true performance, using Fuels.
Performance benchmarking
Vehicles, engines, fuels, and ventilation systems can all be tested for their real-world performance, whether that is for pollutant emissions from the tailpipe or ingress into the cabin. Performance assessment may involve comparing between different products already on the market, testing a new product currently in R&D to existing best-in-class, or evaluating against regulatory limit values. Specifically, this could involve:
Comparing emissions and fuel consumption from a fuel additive to support marketing, using PEMS
Testing real-world nitrogen oxides emissions on non-regulatory cycles against a future regulatory limit, using PEMS
Measuring tailpipe aldehyde emissions as a result of adding ethanol to the gasoline fuel, using PEMS
Determining ammonia emissions generated by a truck after-treatment system, using PEMS
Creating a fuel economy ratings system to compare between passenger cars on the market, using PEMS
Developing a tool for fleets that allows emissions and fuel consumption to be modelled to guide procurement decisions, using PEMS and Consultancy.
Problem diagnosis
When a negative event has happened, Emissions Analytics’ techniques can help diagnose the cause to help develop the solution. Potential scenarios could include:
Malodours experienced in the vehicle cabin as a result of unexpected interactions between materials, using Materials
Tyre skid marks from a vehicle crash that can be chemically analysed to identify the individual vehicle involved, using BTAS
River contamination as a result of organic compounds, to determine whether the source is from tyre wear emissions, using BTAS
Poor vehicle performance as a result of switching to a renewal fuel, requiring analysing chemical characteristics, using Fuels
Understanding a poor air quality hotspot in a city, to determine whether the source is from vehicle or industrial sources, using PEMS
Reports of consumer drowsiness when driving, potential linked to poor ventilation, needing assessment of the vehicle’s system, using PIMS.