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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Klaus Wunderlich, Waiblingen, DE;
Stefan Pischinger, Waiblingen, DE;
Bernd Krutzsch, Denkendorf, DE;
Martin Bechtold, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler-Benz AG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a gasoline engine having a catalyst for reducing the emission pollutants, with an oxygen absorption device located in the exhaust line upstream of the catalyst. According to the invention, the gasoline engine is operated in a first operating range with a lean air/fuel ratio (.lambda.), and oxygen is removed from the exhaust by the absorption device. In a second operating range, the gasoline engine is operated at .lambda.=1, and the absorption device is bypassed or deactivated. In the case of a gasoline engine with a Denox catalyst the gasoline engine is operated constantly with a lean air/fuel ratio, with the active surface of the Denox catalyst being 'depoisoned' temporarily by activating the oxygen absorption device.