INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

In order to achieve a higher efficiency for an internal combustion engine having internal, intermittent combustion and comprising a compressing group having at least one compression cylinder, at least one expanding group having at least two expansion cylinders, and a heat exchanger arranged between the compressing group and the expanding group, wherein a cold flow chamber of the heat exchanger has a working gas flow that exits the compressing group and enters the expanding group and a hot flow chamber of the heat exchanger has an exhaust gas flow that exits the expanding group, the invention proposes an internal combustion engine that has a working gas distributor downstream of the cold flow chamber, said working gas distributor having at least two outlets, wherein the outlets of the working gas distributor are each connected to an inlet of the expansion cylinders.