METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber (32) which is formed by a cylinder (33, 34) and a piston (35), whereby an air-fuel mixture is ignited and afterwards, the combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine is carried out by combusting the air-fuel mixture. In addition, the air-fuel mixture is ignited by an ignition system (1) in an Otto engine or by compression in a diesel engine. In order to obtain a low level of fuel consumption and a low level of automobile pollutant emissions in the exhausts, the invention provides that a series of electric fields of a certain field strength is generated in the combustion chamber (32) after ignition of the air-fuel mixture during the combustion cycle and especially during the entire duration of the combustion cycle. In addition the invention provides that the gas discharges result in the combustion chamber (32) and that the electric fields in an Otto engine are generated by the ignition system (1) or by an additional ignition system. In a diesel engine, the electric fields are generated by an ignition system or by generating ignition pulses.