Method for operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine

• Main Authors: NIEBERDING ROLF-GUENTHER, GRUDEN IGOR, VENT GUIDO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FORINTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES; WEAPONS

In a method for operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine with a homogeneous, lean basic mixture of air and fuel and with compression ignition, the fuel/air ratio formed in the combustion space is variable by means of a controllable inlet member. In order to achieve as rapid adaptation as possible to varied combustion sequences, a measurement of the respective combustion is carried out and the time of closing of the inlet member of the combustion space is regulated, for a next successive cycle, as a function of the signal obtained from this measurement.