Governor Guide Book for Marine Engineer GOVERNOR: Governor is a very refined component, which in its most developed

d form is able to load limit, load share, load sense, regulates rates of acceleration. A governor is usually made to suit the service demands on the engine to which it is to be fitted. It may provide single speed running conditions irrespective of load changes (isochronous), or be able to respond to increase load so that acceleration is regulated to a level compatible with effective and safe running of the engine. Load Sensing Governor: Governor regulating alternator is a load sensing process, achieved electrically from the main switchboard Droop: The fall in speed, which occurs as the load on the engine increased is called droop. The governor is said to be isochronous if there is no change between no load and full load speed. Where there is a small reduction in speed as load increases the governor is said to have fine droop and course droop occurs when the final running speed drops well below the desired value as loads are imposed onto the engine. Droop = 100 x (no load speed - full load speed) / full load speed The zero droop option means that the governor changes the fuel setting continuously and substantially. It may be desirable to have zero droop for an alternator (to maintain frequency), but such a refined governor may not be essential on a main propulsion unit. Problems could also arise when the engines are run in parallel, so that two governors set to too a fine droop may react with each other. One possible solution may be to set one to a fine droop so that the desired speed can be maintained, and the other to a course droop, so that it is able to take care of the load variations that occur during operation.

1 M. A. Hamid

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