Inlet Valve Opening and Closing
Inlet Valve Opening and Closing
edu/me418/ Inlet Valve opening and closing : In an actual engine, the inlet valve begins to open 5C to 20 C before the piston reaches the TDC during the end of exhaust stroke. This is necessary to ensure that the valve will be fully open when the piston reaches the TDC. If the inlet valve is allowed to close at BDC, the cylinder would receive less amount of air than its capacity and the pressure at the end of suction will be below the atmospheric pressure. To avoid this the inlet valve is kept open for 25 to 40after BDC. Exhaust valve opening and closing : Complete clearing of the burned gases from the cylinder is necessary to take in more air into the cylinder. To achieve this the exhaust valve is opens at 35 to 45 before BDC and closes at 10 to 20 after the TDC. It is clear from the diagram, for certain period both inlet valve and exhaust valve remains in open condition. The crank angles for which the both.