Hyundai Ioniq: Exhaust Emission Control System / CVVT (Continuously Variable Valve Timing) System. Description and operation

Hyundai Ioniq (AE) 2017-2025 Service Manual / Engine Electrical System / Exhaust Emission Control System / CVVT (Continuously Variable Valve Timing) System. Description and operation

Description

Continuous Variable Valve Timing (CVVT) system advances or retards the valve timing of the intake and exhaust valve in accordance with the ECM control signal which is calculated by the engine speed and load.

By controlling CVVT, the valve over-lap or under-lap occurs, which makes better fuel economy and reduces exhaust gases (NOx, HC) and improves engine performance through reduction of pumping loss, internal EGR effect, improvement of combustion stability, improvement of volumetric efficiency, and increase of expansion work.

This system consist of

–	the CVVT Oil Control Valve (OCV) which supplies the engine oil to the cam phaser or runs out the engine oil from the cam phaser in accordance with the ECM PWM (Pulse With Modulation) control signal,

–	the CVVT Oil Temperature Sensor (OTS) which measures the engine oil temperature,

–	and the Cam Phaser which varies the cam phase by using the hydraulic force of the engine oil.

The engine oil getting out of the CVVT oil control valve varies the cam phase in the direction (Intake Advance/Exhaust Retard) or opposite direction (Intake Retard/Exhaust Advance) of the engine rotation by rotating the rotor connected with the camshaft inside the cam phaser.

Operation Principle

The CVVT has the mechanism rotating the rotor vane with hydraulic force generated by the engine oil supplied to the advance or retard chamber in accordance with the CVVT oil control valve control.

1.	Intake CVVT

2.	Exhaust CVVT

[CVVT System Mode]

(1) Low Speed / Low Load	(2) Part Load

(3) Low Speed / High Load	(4) High Speed / High Load

Driving Condition	Exhaust Valve		Intake Valve
Driving Condition	Valve Timing	Effect	Valve Timing	Effect
(1) Low Speed /Low Load	Completely Advance	* Valve Under-lap * Improvement of combustion stability	Completely Retard	* Valve Under-lap * Improvement of combustion stability
(2) Part Load	Retard	* Increase of expansion work * Reduction of pumping loss * Reduction of HC	Retard	* Reduction of pumping loss
(3) Low Speed /High Load	Retard	* Increase of expansion work	Advance	* Prevention of intake back flow (Improvement of volumetric efficiency)
(4) High Speed /High Load	Advance	* Reduction of pumping loss	Retard	* Improvement of volumetric efficiency

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