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Title: A family of fuel additives reduces the octane demand of automobile engines

Conference ·
OSTI ID:370735
; ;  [1]
  1. Shell Development Company, Houston, TX (United States); and others

A series of proprietary compounds was found to have dramatic octane requirement reducing effects on both the stabilized octane requirement of an engine and the magnitude of octane requirement increase when compared to base gasoline in a variety of gasolines and engines. Combustion chamber deposit removal is not the principal mode of action of these compounds.

OSTI ID:
370735
Report Number(s):
CONF-960376-; TRN: 96:003805-0795
Resource Relation:
Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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