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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Stefan Schiestl, Wiesing, AT;
Thomas Weitzer, Innsbruck, AT;
Inventors:
Stefan Schiestl, Wiesing, AT;
Thomas Weitzer, Innsbruck, AT;
Assignee:
GE Jenbacher GmbH & Co OHG, Jenbach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02M 7/087 (2006.01); F02M 21/02 (2006.01); F02B 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, wherein air is inducted and then compressed. Before introduction into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the air humidity of the inducted air is determined and temperature of the compressed air introduced into the combustion chamber is altered depending on the air humidity of the inducted air.