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Premium Fuels: Fact vs Fiction

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Raghav, Prashant
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	HAVE you ever noticed the difference in prices for the same type of fuel at a fuel station? What do words like ‘premium’ or ‘speed’ mean with respect to petrol? And why are they costlier than the normal fuel? India has seen a steady rise in the number of premium and luxury vehicle sales over the last couple of years, be it the Sports Utility Vehicle segment or Luxury Sedans or even sport bikes for that matter. What makes these vehicles ‘sporty’ or ‘super’ is mainly the engine apart from other things. This suggests that they are a little different than the average vehicles on the road and so should be the fuel that they use, right? Though premium vehicle sales has increased considerably in recent times, this is not the case with the premium fuels which account for nearly 10% of India’s total fuel consumption. So what makes them premium as compared to ordinary ones? And should you be fi lling it up as well? Let’s fi nd out. Research Octane Number (RON) is a standard measure of the performance of a gasoline engine fuel. The higher the RON, the more compression the fuel can withstand before self-igniting (detonation). Broadly speaking, fuels with a higher RON are mostly used in high performance engines that have higher compression ratios. In India most of the ordinary and premium petrol are 91 RON. The premium petrol is generally ordinary petrol with additives; hence they don’t really change the value of RON. However, in some places two variants – ’93 Octane’ and ’97 Octane’ – are also available with RON values of 93 and 97, respectively. In January 2017, 99 Octane was launched having RON 99 and it is the most advanced automotive fuel for sale in India till date. But a majority of vehicles in India are made to be economy-friendly, and they have a compression ratio of the Premium Fuels: Fact vs Fiction SHORT FEATURE
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