Organized by IFP

SIA conference : Variable Valve Actuation (VVA)

30 November 2006
IFP/Rueil-Malmaison

To accompany the progress made in engine development over recent years in the areas of emissions and fuel consumption reduction, engine valve train systems have started to become more complex. The general trend is moving towards the use of increasingly flexible systems ranging from simple camshaft phase shifters to fully variable electronically controlled and camless systems.

Variable valve actuation indeed offers new degrees of freedom in the management of engine response to vehicle demand. Several applications have already been successfully implemented and numerous innovative technologies are currently under development.

The objective of this conference was to assess the state of the art of current and future variable valve actuation technologies and to examine their many application possibilities and associated benefits.

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