Change between part of the motor operation phases without an intervening fully motor operation phase

摘要

It is a method for operating an internal combustion engine (2) with a plurality of cylinders (26a, 26d, 28a, 28d) in a plurality of motor banks (4, 6), each with a control unit (20, 22) are arranged, wherein the method comprises, while at least a part of the motor operation phase in each case the cylinder (26a, 26d) a first (4) of the plurality of the motor banks (4, 6) to be deactivated and the cylinders (28a, 28d) a second (6) of the plurality of the motor banks (4, 6) and then to activate a motor bank change without intervening fully motor operation phase, wherein the deactivated cylinder (26a, 26d) of the first one of the plurality of motor banks (4, 6) are activated and the activated cylinder (28a, 28d) of the second of said plurality of motor banks (4, 6) can be deactivated, wherein for the introduction of the motor bank change operational data comprising a data record (ezy) with data relating to a starting cylinder of a transmitting control unit (20) of the control units (20, 22) of the first and second of said plurality of motor banks (4, 6) to a receiving control unit (22) of the control units (20, 22) of the first and second of said plurality of motor banks (4, 6) are transmitted.