HEATING OF AN EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM BY DRAGGING OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH THE AID OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR

摘要

A method is introduced for heating an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system (15). The method has the following steps: detection of a necessity to heat (S1) the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system (15), and actuation (S5) of an electric motor (5) in such a way that the electric motor (5) drags the internal combustion engine (3) which produces exhaust gas. Here, the internal combustion engine (3) is held at a predefinable rotational speed by the electric motor (5).