A device and a method for predicting exhaust emissions of a
gasoline engine (10) with an
exhaust gas aftertreatment
system (22) are proposed, which has a first
lambda probe arranged downstream of
combustion chambers (15) of the
gasoline engine (10) and upstream of a first three-way catalyst (26) arranged closest to the
combustion chambers (15) of the
gasoline engine (10), and which has a second
lambda probe arranged downstream of the first three-way catalyst (26), downstream or upstream of a first gasoline particulate filter (30) and upstream of a second three-way catalyst (32), and which has an
engine control unit (36) in which an emissions model (42) is integrated, which has a
combustion raw emissions model (44) via which raw emissions are calculated from the operating data of the gasoline engine (10), and has an
exhaust gas aftertreatment model (46),via which the emissions at the outlet of the exhaust aftertreatment
system (22) are calculated from the raw emission data. A first combustion air ratio in the exhaust
stream is measured by means of the first
lambda probe (24) to determine a first injected fuel
mass, and an injected fuel
mass is calculated as a function of the measured values of the first lambda probe (24), which serves as the input value of the emissions model (42). From this, the exhaust emissions at the outlet of the exhaust aftertreatment
system (22) are subsequently calculated.