| abstract |
The invention provides a method for controlling a compression ignition internal combustion engine, which can easily deal with a wide range of demand loads with a single fuel. The compression ignition internal combustion engine includes a fuel containing an ignition improver, and as the demand load increases, part of the ignition improver contained in the fuel is changed into a material having a reduced ignitability improvement capability, and the fuel having reduced ignitability is supplied to the compression ignition internal combustion engine. The ignition improver is selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides, nitrates, nitrites, nitro compounds and azo compounds. Part of the fuel is made to contact a catalyst to change the ignition improver into a material having a reduced ignitability improvement capability. The catalyst is carried on a porous carrier. A fuel having part of the ignition improver changed into a material having a reduced ignitability improvement capability, and thus having reduced ignitability, and a fuel with the ignitability improvement capability of the ignition improver maintained are mixed together in any ratio, and supplied to the compression ignition internal combustion engine. |