A process for heating a carbon filter in an exhaust gas system of an
internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine, with at least
one catalytic converter and a carbon filter mounted downstream from the
catalytic converter in the direction of flow for accumulating carbon. The
catalytic converter mounted upstream from the carbon filter is heated to
the extent that the amount of heat from the catalytic converter introduced
into the carbon filter heats the carbon filter to the extent that
combustion of the carbon is initiated.
