The invention relates to an
internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, preferably a large
marine engine having at least one cylinder with an inner
diameter of at least 200 mm, and to a method for operating an
internal combustion engine. The invention relates to an
internal combustion engine (1) having at least one cylinder (2), preferably a large
marine engine having at least one cylinder with an inner
diameter of at least 200 mm, comprising an LNG supply
system (10) having an
LNG storage tank (11) for containing LNG, preferably at a temperature below-150 DEG C, and further comprising an
exhaust gas cooling
system (20). The
exhaust gas cooling
system (20) has a first cooling stage (21) for cooling the
exhaust gas, preferably suitable for using water, such as
seawater, as a
cooling medium, a second cooling stage (22) for cooling the exhaust gas, arranged downstream of the first cooling stage (21), preferably cooled to a temperature of-100 DEG C to-110 DEG C, and a third cooling stage (22) arranged downstream of the second cooling stage (22) for cooling the exhaust gas, preferably cooled to a temperature of-100 DEG C to-110 DEG C, and a third cooling stage (23) arranged downstream of the second cooling stage (22) for further cooling the exhaust gas, preferably cooled to a temperature of-125 DEG C to-140 DEG C, such that CO2 freezes out of the exhaust gas and the frozen CO2 is separated from the residual exhaust gas. The second cooling stage (22) comprises at least one second stage
heat exchanger (32) and the third cooling stage (23) comprises at least one third stage
heat exchanger (33). The third cooling stage (23) comprises a first outlet (24) for frozen CO2 and a second outlet (25) for residual exhaust gas. At least one of the at least one second stage
heat exchanger (32) and / or the at least one third stage heat exchanger (33) is adapted to use LNG cold energy, preferably LNG cold energy released from an
LNG storage tank.