WOODWARD GOVERNORS

Abid Hussain Bhatti Dated: January 10, 2008

 OUTLINE
• FUNCTION

• HISTORY

• TYPES OF WOODWARD GOVERNORS

• CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNORS

• OPERATION OF GOVERNORS
 FUNCTION

• GOVERNOR
CONTROLER OF ANY SYSTEM

• SPEED GOVERNOR
A DEVICE WHICH CONTROLS THE SPEED OF
MACHINE DURING LOAD VARIATIONS
 HISTORY
• WATT ENGINE GOVERNOR
• 1788
• WOODWARD GOVERNOR
• 1870
• 1933
• 2007
 TYPES OF GOVERNORS
• MECHANICAL GOVERNOR

• HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

◙ PG
◙ TG
◙ UG

• ELECTRONIC GOVERNOR
MECHANICAL GOVERNOR
HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

Pilot Valve Bushing

Pilot Valve Plunger

High Pressure Oil Supply Oil to Power Piston

Drive Shaft Pilot Valve Bushing Port

Drain
DROOP CONTROL
ADJUSTING
SCREW FEED BACK ARM

SPEEDER SPRING

FLYWEIGHTS

DIFFRENTIAL
SERVO
 COMPENSATION
Speeder Spring

Flyweights

Compensation
Adjustment
Screw

Compensation Land

Control Land

Buffer Piston Power Piston

 COMPLETE ASSEMBLY
Adjusting Screw

Droop Lever

Speeder Spring Thrust Bearing

Compensating
Screw
Power Piston

Compensation Land

Control Land

Buffer Springs
Drive Gear

Pressure Regulator
Lube Oil Pump
HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

INSTALLED
Servo ON with
Electric,oil,water
motors
Drive
A TK-201
Mechanical
Stroke =
12,17,24,29
&pneumatic
TK-431 & 58
Hydraulic
01inch
Governor
lb-ft
Shutdown
torque
TP-441
TP-421
TP-442
TP-601
Diesel/Gas
TP-4801 Engines
Speed
Equipped
Rang=
TP-4951 with
150-
Gas turbines
100,
Over200-1600
Speed Trip
rpm
Steam Turbines
Weight
Device
= 36Kg
Duel Fuel Engines

PG GOVERNORS
HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

A constant
Lever
Servo speed
Dial
motors &with
Terminal Shaft
Mech- Hydraulic
pneumatic Speed
5.2,9.7,11.7 lb-ft
INSTALLED ON
Drive = 65˚
Governor
Setting
torque
EDEG-704
EDEG-705

Diesel/Gas
Equipped or
Speed Rang duel
with
=Fuel
Over Engines
375-100rpm
Speed Trip
& Steam
Weight = Turbines
Device
21-23Kg

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HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR

Servo
Low
INSTALLED
A motors
costON
Mechanicaland
with
Drive Stroke = 40˚
12,17.5
simple
TP-441
Hydraulic lb-ft
governor
torque
Governor
TP-421
TP-442
TK-605
Speed
Steam Rang=
Turbines
1100-
TP-901
Not equipped with
where
2400, isochronous
2400-4000
Over Speed Trip
,4000-6000rpm
speed is not
Device
Weight
required
= 7Kg

TG GOVERNORS
 TG GOVERNORS
Terminal Shaft

Droop Adj. Lever

Adjusting Screw

Servo Piston
Speeder Spring

Control Land

Accumulators

Lube Oil Pump

 PG GOVERNORS
DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
Drive Shaft
Speeder Spring

Servo Piston
Compensating Land

Compensating
Control Land knob

Accumulators

Lube Oil Pump

UG GOVERNORS
UG GOVERNORS
 GOVERNOR TRAVEL

Full Governor Travel

Full Prim Mover Travel

B
No Load
D C
Prime Mover Stop
A A

A- Over travel to ensure that prime mover is stopped

B- No load to full load travel Normally 2/3 of Governor Travel
D- Travel required to decelerate the of shutdown the prime
mover
C- Travel required to accelerate the prime mover
 POWER CYLINDER
SPECIFICATIONS
Rated Work Capacity (ft-lb)
Governor Differential Pressure
Spring
Oil
Loaded
Pressure
16.3J 23.1J 39.3J 271.2
(PSI)
200
12FT-LB 17FT-LB 29FT-LB
FT-LB
STROKE

Rotary 1” Rotary 1” 2” Rotary 1” Rotary

100 12 12 16 17 29 29 200

200 16 33 58 58
 EXPLODED VIEW

TG -10
WITH ALUMINIUM DIE
CASTED CASE
 POWER CYLINDER

POWER CYLINDER
Spring Loaded
Linear Travel
 POWER CYLINDER

POWER CYLINDER
Spring Loaded
Rotary Travel
 POWER CYLINDER

Part List

POWER CYLINDER
Differential Power
Linear Travel
 POWER CYLINDER
POWER CYLINDER
Differential Power, Linear Travel, Horizontal Push
POWER CYLINDER
POWER CYLINDER
Differential Power, Linear Travel, Horizontal Pull
 POWER CYLINDER

POWER CYLINDER
Differential Power,
Rotary Travel
 ELECTRONIC GOVERNOR
Complete Electronic Governor

Contains Overspeed
Trip

Overspeed Trip
Simulation

Inbuilt Extraction/
Admission Control

Zero Speed Automatic Startup Fail safe Shutdown

Detection Trending Logic
BEST OF LUCK
DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
POWER CYLINDER
 HYDRAULIC GOVERNOR
ors A Mechanical
nd
=
5 lb-ft Hydraulic
nor
Governor

0- For
with
0 Steam Turbines
ip
with isochronous
speed

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