Method for operating a compression ignition internal combustion engine

1. A method for operating a compression-ignition internal combustion engine having a cylinder, in which a combustion chamber is delimited between a piston and a cylinder head, an engine control device and a fuel feed device, said method comprising:

during a working cycle, metering a quantity of fuel that is determined as a function of an operating point of said engine;

injecting said quantity of fuel into the combustion chamber during said working cycle; and

Adjusting engine parameters in such a manner that the position of a combustion center of gravity is maintained at a defined crank angle position, independently of the operating point of the internal combustion engine.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said step adjusting engine parameters comprises:

determining a current position of the combustion center of gravity as a function of a recorded pressure profile in the combustion chamber;

comparing said current position of the combustion center of gravity with said defined crank angle position; and

altering said engine parameters until the current position of the combustion center of gravity corresponds to said defined crank angle position.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the current position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of a crank angle position at which a maximum cylinder pressure is recorded in the combustion chamber.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said engine parameters include at least one of a fuel injection duration, a start of fuel injection, a charge mass in the combustion chamber and a speed of the internal combustion engine.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein an exhaust gas recirculation quantity for setting a defined oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber is set as a function of the combustion center of gravity.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the position of the combustion center of gravity is set by one of i) varying a start of compression ignition, and ii) varying the fuel injection.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the current position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of a crank angle position at which a maximum cylinder pressure is recorded in the combustion chamber.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an exhaust gas recirculation quantity for setting a defined oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber is set as a function of the combustion center of gravity.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the position of the combustion center of gravity is set by one of i) varying a start of compression ignition, and ii) varying the fuel injection.

10. A method for operating a compression-ignition internal combustion engine, said method comprising:

metering a quantity of fuel as a function of an operating point during a working cycle;

injecting said quantity of fuel into a combustion chamber of said engine:

determining a current position of a combustion center gravity;

comparing said determined current position with a preset desired position of said combustion center of gravity; and

adjusting operating parameters of said engine in such a manner that a combustion center of gravity is positioned at a defined crank angle position, independently of the operating point of the Internal combustion engine.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of a pressure profile in the combustion chamber.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the pressure profile in the combustion chamber is recorded with a sensor.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the current position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of a crank angle position at which a maximum cylinder pressure is recorded in the combustion chamber.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of at least one of a fuel injection duration, a start of fuel injection, a charge mass in the combustion chamber, and speed of the internal combustion engine.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising setting an exhaust gas recirculation quantity for setting a defined oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber as a function of the combustion center of gravity.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising setting the position of the combustion center of gravity by varying at least one of the start of compression ignition and the fuel injection.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the current position of the combustion center of gravity is determined as a function of a crank angle position at which a maximum cylinder pressure is recorded in the combustion chamber.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising setting an exhaust gas recirculation quantity for setting a defined oxygen concentration in the combustion chamber as a function of the combustion center of gravity.

19. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising setting the position of the combustion center of gravity by varying at least one of the start of compression ignition and the fuel injection.