Nitrogen enriched
03-06-2009, 10:42 AM
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Nitrogen enriched
Shell has kicked off a nationwide media campaign for their new "Nitrogen enriched gasoline".To kick it off today in DC, a Shell station was giving away $20 worth of Nitrogen enriched gasoline per customer for two hours.They added Nitrogen to the detergents of the fuel in all their grades of gas to combat gunk and carbon build up.Is this a ploy to get people to falsely think they are cleaning their engines and keep you coming back or is there any truth to this additive? Personally I will continue to use BG44K to make sure my fuel system stays up to par.
03-07-2009, 12:20 PM
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Just filled up with shell, like i always do, love how the store employee's are promoting it with t shirts and stuff, i dont notice a diff. but damn the price dropped 7 cents overnight, and if i waited i coulda got it lowr heh.
03-07-2009, 03:49 PM
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Nitrogen = N2
There isn't any information out, or the molecular formula for nitrogen based gasoline, but with N2, floatin around and negatively charged ions on its outer ring....wouldnt it attract more oxygen into the gasoline, better combustion....and nitrogen having it not be a major reactor, and boiling point..shouldnt it help the engine run cooler?
There isn't any information out, or the molecular formula for nitrogen based gasoline, but with N2, floatin around and negatively charged ions on its outer ring....wouldnt it attract more oxygen into the gasoline, better combustion....and nitrogen having it not be a major reactor, and boiling point..shouldnt it help the engine run cooler?
03-08-2009, 08:22 AM
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Nitrogen = N2
There isn't any information out, or the molecular formula for nitrogen based gasoline, but with N2, floatin around and negatively charged ions on its outer ring....wouldnt it attract more oxygen into the gasoline, better combustion....and nitrogen having it not be a major reactor, and boiling point..shouldnt it help the engine run cooler?
There isn't any information out, or the molecular formula for nitrogen based gasoline, but with N2, floatin around and negatively charged ions on its outer ring....wouldnt it attract more oxygen into the gasoline, better combustion....and nitrogen having it not be a major reactor, and boiling point..shouldnt it help the engine run cooler?
All major gasoline manufacturers/ marketers such Chevron-Texaco, Exxon-Mobil, and Shell, etc have included dispersant additives in the gasolines for years. The are a class of compound known as as polyolefin polyamines. For example, Chevron Techron is a polubutene amine. Amines contain nitrogen atoms in their molecules. That or something very similar ( polypropene amine?) is the source of the nitrogen in the Shell gasoline. It's really rather comical to see how an ad agency managed to convince Shell's product technologists that it would make sense to refer to the fuel as nitrogen-enhanced on that basis. Talk about a stretch. I can imagine a lot of eyes rolling when their Averprom people thought it would be a good idea read gimmick.
Don't get me wrong, these additives are essential to help reduce and control the formation and deposition of combustion and degradation products from building up on fuel injectors and intake valves. Shell may be using a new version of their traditional additive technology, but to promote it as nitrogen-enhanced is a hoot to anyone who knows the truth.
Don't get me wrong, these additives are essential to help reduce and control the formation and deposition of combustion and degradation products from building up on fuel injectors and intake valves. Shell may be using a new version of their traditional additive technology, but to promote it as nitrogen-enhanced is a hoot to anyone who knows the truth.
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