Governor Replacement

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Electrical & Automation Services

GOVERNOR REPLACEMENT &


SPEED/LOAD CONTROLLER UPGRADE: VASA 32

With Wärtsilä’s governor replacement A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER and control system with the design of today,
and speed/load controller upgrade, your Engine automation in general, and the both marine and power plant installations can
engine will run more stably and respond speed governing system in particular, has profit economically as well as environmentally.
better to load changes. This upgrade also a direct effect on the engine control and Wärtsilä is able to offer a complete package
reduces smoke creation during the start- performance under various loads. Modern for each engine and installation, from the actual
up phase. Reduce engine maintenance engines are equipped with digital control cabling to high-level programming of the digital
costs by updating the speed governor systems, which provides several advantages speed/load control system.
to a more straightforward and reliable compared to the traditional mechanical- Whether your engine has a fully mechanical
hydraulic powered electric actuator, hydraulic governors. control system or is equipped with pneumatic
improving the overall control of your In order to modernize older engines, controlled governors, it can profit in almost all
engine speed regulation. Wärtsilä offers a speed governor conversion areas from a new, individually designed control
solution. By replacing the existing governor system from Wärtsilä.
• Higher stability of the engine speed
Ship/plant shortens the synchronization process
PMS system
230 V AC
• The solution will improve engine stability
24 V DC Power Ship/plant and response to load changes
unit alarm system
• Parallel operation of older engines with
new engines in one system
• Redundant overspeed protection increases
engine safety
MCM

Engine Engine start behaviour


• Improves the start behaviour (in particularly
over-fuelling). A speed dependent start fuel
limiter is integrated in the digital controls
• Faster governor response and more
reliable start procedure
Engine speed from flywheel PG-EG 58
Fuel rack contol Maintenance
Power supply
Speed increase/decrease
• The design is easier to overhaul/maintain,
Minor/major alarm which in turn lowers the operating costs
Run enabled • Engine tuning, troubleshooting and
temporary data monitoring can be done
using a WECSplorer maintenance tool
• Secured supply of spare parts and
The conversion comprises a complete speed/ demanding environments with high vibration technical service support from Wärtsilä
load control solution, with which the previous levels and high operating temperatures.
governor (e.g. mechanical-hydraulic governor) SCOPE OF UPGRADING PACKAGE
is replaced by a modern, digital control system. THE TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES OF THE 1. PG-EG 58 actuator
As the retrofit solution is completely SOLUTION INCLUDE: 2. MCM-11 digital control module with
on-engine mounted, no system outside the Engine performance profile enclosure for engine mounting.
engine needs to be modified. On-engine • Electrically controlled governors allow 3. Speed pick-up sensors and mounting
mounting is provided with a compact design, more exact adjustment of speed and load bracket
where the module is mounted in an especially sharing 4. Power supply unit
designed enclosure with IP67 environmental • Dynamic performance can be optimised for 5. Accessories
protection specification. It can cope with every running mode

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