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Valve Timing - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Valve Timing - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Valve timing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In a piston engine, the valve timing is the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves. In an internal
combustion engine these are usually poppet valves and in a steam engine they are usually slide valves or piston
valves.
Contents
1 Internal combustion engines
1.1 Camshaft
1.2 Valve overlap
1.3 Variable valve timing
1.4 Ported engines
2 External combustion engines
3 References
4 See also
5 External links
Valve overlap
With traditional fixed valve timing, an engine will have a period of "valve overlap" at the end of the exhaust stroke,
when both the intake and exhaust valves are open. The intake valve is opened before the exhaust gases have
completely left the cylinder, and their considerable velocity assists in drawing in the fresh charge. Engine designers
aim to close the exhaust valve just as the fresh charge from the intake valve reaches it, to prevent either loss of fresh
charge or unscavenged exhaust gas. In the diagram, the valve overlap periods are indicated by the overlap of the
red and blue arcs. Key:
TDC = Top dead centre
BDC = Bottom dead centre
IO = Inlet valve opens
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Ported engines
Many two-stroke cycle and all wankel engines do not have a camshaft or
valves, and the port timing can only be varied by machining the ports,
and/or modifying the piston skirt (two stroke applications). However,
some supercharged two-stroke diesel engines (such as the Wilksch aeroengine)[1] do have a cylinder head and poppet valves, similar to a fourstroke cycle engine.
References
1. ^ http://wilksch.net
See also
Cylinder head porting
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External links
The impact of valve timing on engine performance and emissions (http://www.mechadyne-int.com/vvareference/papers/the-impact-of-variable-valve-actuation-on-engine-performance-and-emissions.pdf).
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