Patent ID: 7762069

Claim:
A method for increasing the torque of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, having at least one cylinder, a turbine, a compressor, an air compressor, at least one storage device, a charge air line, and a control device, the method comprising the steps of: compressing air from one of the charge air line and a second air inlet with the air compressor and feeding the compressed air into a first storage device; storing the air compressed by the air compressor in the first storage device, and feeding the air which is stored in the first storage device into a second storage device via a feed valve for storage in the second storage device when a predefined quantity of air is present at a predefined pressure in the first storage device; and performing timed blowing-in of blow air, stored as compressed air in the second storage device, into the at least one cylinder through an inlet valve of the cylinder during a cylinder intake phase, wherein each of the at least one cylinders is provided with a blow air outlet, each blow air outlet being arranged to direct blow air directly toward the inlet valve of the blow air outlet's cylinder, wherein the timed blowing-in further comprises the steps of: determining an operating state of the engine and of a vehicle, by using the control device, with data from one of an engine control computer and a measured value signal transmitter; sensing a position of the inlet valve via the measured value signal transmitter and transmitting this information to the control device; sensing a pressure in the second storage device via one of a second measured value signal transmitter and a pressure regulator, sensing a charge pressure in the charge air line, and transmitting the sensed pressures to the control device; blowing-in blow air into the cylinder by opening a control valve in a connecting line from the second storage device to the inlet valve, by using the control device, to blow in blow air when the inlet valve is opened and an operating state of the engine in the low load range is present; terminating the blowing-in of blow air into the cylinder when one of the inlet valve is closed and there is a sufficient charge pressure of the compressor; and increasing an injection quantity of fuel, in accordance with data from at least one of the engine control computer, the measured value signal transmitter, the sensed position of the inlet valve, the sensed pressure in the second storage device and the operating state of the engine.