| 摘要 |
According to the invention, the end of a regeneration interval of an NOx accumulating catalytic converter (3) of an engine (1) run on a lean mixture is determined by detecting the end of the regeneration phase of the NOx accumulator by means of a sensor (5) having a cross-sensitivity for a penetrating exhaust-gas product which exits from the catalytic converter at the end of the regeneration phase. Reducing exhaust-gas components such as CO and NH3, which can be detected by a cross-sensitive NOx sensor, can be used as exhaust-gas products at the end of the regeneration phase. By knowing the end and beginning of a regeneration phase different control functions and various types of information can be deduced, including control of the completion of rich-mixture engine operations, correction of the regeneration model in the engine management system (6) and ageing of the catalytic converter.
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