A method is provided for operating an
internal combustion engine arrangement and to an
internal combustion engine arrangement, which includes, but is not limited to an
internal combustion engine, which can be operated with gaseous fuel, a pressure
reducer for reducing the
gas pressure of the gaseous fuel, which is fed to the internal
combustion engine. The pressure
reducer is connected on the high-pressure side in a fluid-conducting manner via a gaseous
fuel line to at least one gas tank for storing gaseous fuel, and the pressure
reducer is connected on the low-pressure side in a fluid-conducting manner by means of a gaseous
fuel line to at least one controllable gas injection valve for regulating the gas flow of the gaseous fuel, which is fed to the internal
combustion engine, a controllable high-pressure shutoff valve, which is arranged on the high-pressure side of the pressure reducer and is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the pressure reducer, for shutting off the gas flow of the gaseous fuel which is fed to the pressure reducer from the gas tank. The high-pressure shutoff valve includes, but is not limited to a
pilot valve with a relatively small opening cross-sectional area and a main valve with a relatively large opening cross-sectional area, and an electronic control device which is used at least for controlling the high-pressure shutoff valve and the at least one gas injection valve. In order to assume operation of the internal
combustion engine with gaseous fuel, controlled by the electronic control device, the
pilot valve of the high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in chronological order before the at least one gas injection valve.