Woodward governor

Woodward Governor Company 3800 N. Wilson Avenue Loveland, CO 80539-2072, USA Tel 970-663-3900 Fax 970-962-7050... 

A turbine-driven pump is said to be driver-limited when the governor speed-control valve is wide open. This speed-control valve, is usually called the Woodward governor. It is not that easy to see if the governor is really wide open. A few simple methods to make this determination are... 

Comprehensive display of controller data (e.g,., Woodward 505 governor). 

Figure 14-16A. Single-Stage Turbine with Woodward Speed Governor Arrangements. (Used by permission Instruction Manual 102-P, 1994 Dresser-Rand Company.)...

Although perhaps in less specific ways, humanist manuals likewise point to the usefulness of education in producing good citizens. Education, as Vergerio puts it, is a matter of more than private interest it concerns the state, because it determines the quality of governors and administrators. See W. H. Woodward, Vittorino da Feltre and Other Human-... 

USNRC Information Notice 88-09, Reduced reliability of steam driven auxiliary feedwater pumps caused by instability of Woodward PG-PL Type Governors, March 18, 1988. 

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