Effect of Gasoline Fuel Additives on Combustion and Engine Performance

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Effect of Gasoline Fuel Additives on 
Combustion and Engine Performance 
Mart Mägi 
Submitted for the degree of 
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 
in 
Mechanical Engineering 
2015 

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I, Mart Mägi confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where 
information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated 
in the thesis. 
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Acknowledgements 
I would like to use this page to say a few 
thank yous
to the people that have 
helped me during my Ph.D. and beyond. 
Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisors Rama Balachandran and Nicos 
Ladommatos. Their assistance and advice throughout the project has been invaluable 
and is greatly appreciated. I would like to thank Innospec Fuel Specialities and 
especially Trevor Russell and Anthony Cooney for their expertise and support during 
the Ph.D. years. I am also grateful to the staff at UCL Mechanical Engineering 
department. 
A big thank you to Baptiste and everybody else in the labs. Aadil, Aaron, Anne, 
Elina, Midhat, Paul and Taaha, your input both academically and otherwise has not 
gone unnoticed. The 12 o’clock lunches, endless Costa breaks and the quotations on 
the wall will stay with me for years to come! 
On a personal level I would like to thank my family for always, even from 
distance, being there for me and encouraging me to get to where I am today. I would 
like to thank Konstantin and his parents Regina and Ralph, whose support has been 
truly invaluable. And last but not least, I want to thank Echo without whom the past 
years simply would not have been the same. 
Thank you all.