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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Andre Casal Kulzer, Boeblingen, DE;
Erwin Rutschmann, Tiefenbronn, DE;
Thorben Walder, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for operating an internal combustion engine () that has at least one cylinder row () with multiple cylinders (). Each cylinder row () has a first exhaust-gas turbocharger () and a second exhaust-gas turbocharger (). The method includes providing charge air for the cylinders () of the internal combustion engine () either exclusively by the first exhaust-gas turbocharger () of the cylinder row () of the internal combustion engine () or by both the first exhaust-gas turbocharger () of the cylinder row () of the internal combustion engine () and the second exhaust-gas turbocharger () of the cylinder row () of the internal combustion engine () in a manner dependent on an operating mode demanded by a driver and/or by a controller for the internal combustion engine ().