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Octane requirements of modern downsized boosted gasoline engines

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  1. Shell Global Solutions (UK) Ltd., Manchester, UK

    Roger Cracknell (Principal Scientist, Retail Fuels Technology)

  2. Shell Global Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

    Wolfgang Warnecke (Chief Scientist for Mobility), Jan-Hendrik Redmann (Scientist, Retail Fuels Technology) &  Tor Kit Goh (Scientist, Retail Fuels Technology)

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Cracknell, R., Warnecke, W., Redmann, JH. et al. Octane requirements of modern downsized boosted gasoline engines. MTZ Worldw 76, 4–7 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s38313-015-0023-9

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