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Abstract

A method of operating a compression ignition engine uses an engine having a cylinder and a piston moveable in the cylinder. The method includes forming a combustible mixture by mixing generally homogeneously a first fuel and air and introducing this mixture into the at least one cylinder, and compressing the combustible mixture with the piston in a compression stroke. During the compression stroke but before start of combustion, a second fuel is added to the combustible mixture, thus creating a cylinder charge, the second fuel being easier to autoignite than the first fuel. The compression stroke is continued until combustion starts at those locations in the cylinder where concentration of the second fuel and/or temperature of the mixture is highest. A temperature of the cylinder charge and/or the amount of second fuel added to the combustible mixture is chosen such that a desired duration of combustion can be achieved.

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