CPC F02B 43/12 (2013.01) [F02B 19/00 (2013.01); F02D 19/024 (2013.01); F02M 21/0209 (2013.01); F02M 21/0254 (2013.01); F02B 2019/006 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine, comprising:
compressing supplied air in a main combustion chamber and a prechamber of the internal combustion engine by moving a piston in the main combustion chamber to a top dead center position of a piston movement of the piston;
feeding a pilot quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber before the piston reaches the top dead center position;
autoignition of the pilot quantity of gas fuel in the prechamber;
feeding a main quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber after the autoignition; and
ignition of the main quantity of gas fuel by the conditions in the prechamber that are brought about by the autoignited pilot quantity.
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