INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Internal combustion engine, comprising: - at least one piston-cylinder unit (2) in which an air-fuel mixture, preferably an air- hydrogen mixture, is combustible, - at least one intake port (3) fluidically connected to the at least one piston-cylinder unit (2) of the internal combustion engine (1), the at least one intake port (3) being fluidically separable from the at least one piston-cylinder unit (2) via at least one intake valve (4), - at least one exhaust port (3') fluidically connected to the at least one piston-cylinder unit (2) of the internal combustion engine (1), the at least one exhaust port (3') being fluidically separable from the at least one piston-cylinder unit (2) via at least one exhaust valve (4'), - a fuel supply line (5) fluidically connected to at least one fuel supply system (6), the at least one fuel supply system (6) being configured to supply fuel, preferably hydrogen, directly into a main combustion chamber (12) and/or a pre-combustion chamber (9) of the at least one piston cylinder unit (2), and - an engine control device (10) for controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein the control device (10) is configured to: - control at least one actuator (7') to provide an air-fuel mixture with a lambda value higher than 3 to the main combustion chamber (12) via the at least one intake valve (4), wherein the at least one actuator (7') is arranged upstream of the at least one intake port (3) or which is arranged in the intake port (3); - control the at least one fuel supply system (6) to provide fuel directly to the main combustion chamber (12) and/or the pre-combustion chamber (9) of the piston- cylinder unit (2) such that at the time of ignition of the air-fuel mixture the lambda value of that air-fuel mixture in the main combustion chamber (12) is lower than the lambda value of the air-fuel mixture provided to the main combustion chamber (12) via the at least one intake valve (4). L'invention concerne un moteur à combustion interne, comprenant : - au moins une unité piston-cylindre (2) dans laquelle un mélange air-carburant, de préférence un mélange air-hydrogène, est combustible, - au moins un orifice d'admission (3) en communication fluidique avec la ou les unités piston-cylindre (2) du moteur à combustion interne (1), le ou les orifices d'admission (3) pouvant être séparés fluidiquement de ladite au moins une unité piston-cylindre (2) par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une soupape d'admission (4), au moin