A centrifugal governor is a specific type of governor with a feedback system that controls the speed of an engine by regulating the flow of fuel or working...
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rotating devices, such as centrifuges, centrifugal pumps, centrifugal governors, and centrifugal clutches, and in centrifugal railways, planetary orbits and banked...
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such as an engine. A classic example is the centrifugal governor, also known as the Watt or fly-ball governor on a reciprocating steam engine, which uses...
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frame) Centrifugal governor Centrifugal gun Centrifugal micro-fluidic biochip Centrifugal pump Centrifugal railway Centrifugal switch Centrifugal-type supercharger...
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A centrifugal switch is an electric switch that operates using the centrifugal force created from a rotating shaft, most commonly that of an electric motor...
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force acting on spinning weights inside the clutch, similar to a centrifugal governor. The servo clutch used an electric switch that supplied manifold...
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windmills since the 17th century. In 1788, James Watt designed his first centrifugal governor following a suggestion from his business partner Matthew Boulton...
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analysis of the centrifugal governor, conducted by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1868, entitled On Governors. A centrifugal governor was already used...
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transmissions, the valves use the pump pressure and the pressure from a centrifugal governor on the output side (as well as other inputs, such as throttle position...
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Cataract (beam engine) (category Steam engine governors)
kind of water clock. The cataract is distinctly different from the centrifugal governor, in that it does not control the speed of the engine's stroke, but...
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Steam engine (section Governor)
of indicator diagram below (in Types of motor units section). The centrifugal governor was adopted by James Watt for use on a steam engine in 1788 after...
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may refer to: Fly ball (baseball), a baseball term Fly ball governor, see centrifugal governor Flyball, a dog sport This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics) (redirect from Propeller governor)
driven by mechanisms that operated on centrifugal force. Their operation is identical to the centrifugal governor used by James Watt to limit the speed...
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overspeed systems with governor and engine control. Overspeed governors are either centrifugal or hydraulic. Centrifugal governors depend on the revolving...
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Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery...
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mechanical pre-automotive systems included such designs as the Watt centrifugal governor whereas modern systems may have electronic fluid speed sensing components...
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continuously variable transmission using a planetary gear system. Centrifugal governor Variomatic Overholt, Zach (2013-03-20). "Autobike Builds First Continuously...
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1784. A throttle valve to control the power of the engine, and a centrifugal governor, patented in 1788, to keep it from "running away" were very important...
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Wesson Governor, a snubnosed revolver that fires .45 Colt, 2.5" .410 bore ammo, and moon-clipped .45 ACP Centrifugal governor, a type of governor that regulates...
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industrial process. A centrifugal governor was used by Mr. Bunce of England in 1784 as part of a model steam crane. The centrifugal governor was adopted by James...
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distributor injection pump controls both metering, via an internal centrifugal governor, and high pressure fuel delivery to the fuel injectors via internal...
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and the centrifugal flyball governor used for regulating the speed of steam engines by James Watt in 1788. In his 1868 paper "On Governors", James Clerk...
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The centrifugal governor is an early proportional control mechanism....
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(1862) Uniflow engine Todd's (1885) Steam turbine (1889) Boilers Centrifugal governor Lineshaft Belt List of steam energy topics Live steam Steam fair...
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fully understood and implemented, has one of its origins in the centrifugal governor, which uses rotating weights to control a process. This was invented...
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regulating the temperature of the room within a set range, and the centrifugal governor of a steam engine, which regulates the engine speed; biological examples...
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milling, breweries and other manufacturing industries. Because the centrifugal governor alone had poor response to load changes, Watt's engine was not suitable...
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Lap Engine (section Centrifugal governor)
Science Museum, it was the first steam engine to be fitted with a centrifugal governor. Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Lap Engine. The earlier...
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tachometers were based on measuring the centrifugal force, similar to the operation of a centrifugal governor. The inventor is assumed to be the German...
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classified as a separate vocabulary item. Balls-out (in reference to a centrifugal governor) Balls to the wall (in reference to grips on aircraft controls) Brand...
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