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  • Pinnacle Engines How It Works

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    This document discusses the workings of an opposed piston 4-stroke engine. It has two pistons connected to separate crankshafts that move inward and outward together in the same cylinder. The cylinder walls act as sleeves that move instead of valves. It also details the sleeve valve design used in the Pinnacle engine, which has circumferential ports and metal-to-metal seals to isolate the lubrication system from the inlet and exhaust flow. Finally, it notes that the Pinnacle engine has a lower surface area to volume ratio in its combustion chamber compared to a conventional engine, resulting in lower heat loss.

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    This document discusses the workings of an opposed piston 4-stroke engine. It has two pistons connected to separate crankshafts that move inward and outward together in the same cylinder. The cylinder walls act as sleeves that move instead of valves. It also details the sleeve valve design used in the Pinnacle engine, which has circumferential ports and metal-to-metal seals to isolate the lubrication system from the inlet and exhaust flow. Finally, it notes that the Pinnacle engine has a lower surface area to volume ratio in its combustion chamber compared to a conventional engine, resulting in lower heat loss.

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    Pinnacle Engines How It Works

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    This document discusses the workings of an opposed piston 4-stroke engine. It has two pistons connected to separate crankshafts that move inward and outward together in the same cylinder. The cylinder walls act as sleeves that move instead of valves. It also details the sleeve valve design used in the Pinnacle engine, which has circumferential ports and metal-to-metal seals to isolate the lubrication system from the inlet and exhaust flow. Finally, it notes that the Pinnacle engine has a lower surface area to volume ratio in its combustion chamber compared to a conventional engine, resulting in lower heat loss.

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    HOW THE ENGINE WORKS

    OPPOSED PISTON 4-STROKE

    Cranks and Cams connected with synchronous


    drive: gears, toothed belt(s), or chain(s)
    Power typically extracted concentric to one
    crankshaft
    Cylinder head replaced by second piston
    Moving cylinder walls replace poppet valves
    Conventional components:
    Piston, piston rings rod, crank, cam, rocker
    Sleeve valve is a conventional cylinder liner
    made moveable
    Large valve stem seal

    HOW THE ENGINE WORKS 1


    PINNACLE ENGINE'S SLEEVE VALVE

    Valve stem seals to isolate Traditional


    Circumferential port allows
    lubrication circuit from Metal to metal
    for optimized breathing
    inlet/exhaust flow Gas seal

    HOW THE ENGINE WORKS 2


    LOW HEAT LOSS Low surface area to volume ratio
    CONVENTIONAL 250cc cylinder PINNACLE 250cc cylinder

    Same Scale

    Pinnacle 250cc CR = 250cc Poppet


    15:1 ( dual piston ) if CR = 15:1

    ~20%
    relative

    Pinnacle 250cc 250cc Poppet


    normal 9:1 CR normal 9:1 CR
    ( dual piston geometry effect only)

    combustion chamber Surface area


    combustion chamber Volume

    SAE paper 870548, Factors limiting the improvement in thermal efficiency of SI engine at
    higher Compression ratio Muranaka, Takagi and Ishida Nissan Motor company International
    Congress Detroit Feb 1987

    Nissan Study on Limitations of High CR

    HOW THE ENGINE WORKS 3

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