Modeling of Exhaust Valve Opening in a Camless Engine
Date Published: 2002-03-04
Paper Number:2002-01-0376
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-0376
Citation:
Schernus, C., van der Staay, F., Janssen, H., Neumeister, J. et al., "Modeling of Exhaust Valve Opening in a Camless Engine," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0376, 2002, doi:10.4271/2002-01-0376.
Electromechanical valve trains in camless engines enable virtually fully variable valve timing that offers large potential for both part load fuel economy and high low end torque. Based upon the principle of a spring-mass-oscillator, the actuator stores the energy to open and close the valves in springs. However, the motion of the valves and the electromechanical actuation suffers from parasitic losses, such as friction and ohmic resistance. Besides eddy current losses, gas forces obviously play a further important role in the control of exhaust valve opening especially at high engine speeds and loads. Based on engine test bench data, computational simulations (3D CFD, gas exchange process and electromechanical system) are carried out to analyze the effects of exhaust valve gas forces on the dynamic motion of valve and actuator. The modeling approach and results of this investigation are discussed in this paper.
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