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That's not what the post is about, it's about rotary valves. I'd never heard of them before watching the video, but it sounds like they don't exist in any production cars.
Rotary valves are more present in the musical instrument world, where they are used on French horns, some trombones, and some tubas.
On the topic of unconventional valves in automotive engines, I'd recommend taking a look at Koenigsegg's Freevalve technology.
https://carbuzz.com/what-happened-koenigsegg-camless-freevalve-technology/
Most people are familiar with rotary valves and the downsides if they think about it. It’s similar to the rotary “pick a setting” garden hose nozzles that tend to leak after a minimal amount of wear!
That's funny, I just left another comment under this post comparing this to the lever valve on a garden hose splitter, just you know, really hot, fast, and constant
I'd say a rotary engine exposes the difficulty/challenge of rotary valves, as it's essentially one big rotary valve.
Sealing has always been a bitch, especially as the seals wipe across the intake/exhaust openings. With a rotary valve on a piston engine, I wonder how the compression forces would impact valve sealing and rotation, where conventional valves are forced closed by compression.
I imagine the bigger issue would be airflow dynamics because of how such valves open.
I'm sure these have been considered, and not used for specific reasons.
I had the same thought, these seals aren't containing oil like a camshaft seal, they're actually dealing with compression forces. Maybe not directly, but still there's a pressure differential.
I didn't think of airflow dynamics, but yeah this thing is basically the lever valve thing in your garden hose adapter spinning at a few thousand rpm regulating combustion gasses. I could see it doing weird stuff when the valve is only partially open, especially when it starts to close.