Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine with alternative preheated fuels, or mixtures thereof, at the same compression ratio and supplied with an additional medium for the operation comprisesdetecting the flow of air drawn into the engine through the air intake,proportioning and distributing the fuel to each cylinder in response to at least detected flow,heating the fuel fed to each cylinder to a temperature between its flame temperature and above its evaporation temperature, but below its auto ignition temperature, andinjecting the heated fuel and the additional medium in a controlled amount into each cylinder through separate feed means at different angles with respect to the wall of the respective cylinder.

Abstract: A method of running an internal combustion engine with alternative fuels such as high or low octane gasoline, paraffin, diesel oil, ethanol, methanol or similar fuels and/or mixtures thereof and combustible gases such as LP-gas and the like at unchanged compression ratio, and which each motor cylinder can be supplied with a further medium besides the fuel for running of the engine and the fuel is heated by the heat from the exhaust system (22, 23). The invention also refers to an internal combustion engine for alternative fuels.