Maritime Knowledge Base
Browse questions and answers across marine machinery, merchant navy careers, shipboard operations and maritime glossary terms.
Browse by Category
Marine Machinery
Troubleshooting guides for pumps, boilers, purifiers, compressors and auxiliary systems.
Merchant Navy Careers
Questions about joining the merchant navy, exams, cadetships, ranks and sea-time.
Maritime Glossary
Plain-English definitions of shipping, engine-room, navigation and regulatory terms.
Shipboard Operations
Practical Q&A for watchkeeping, safety, maintenance routines and onboard documentation.
Results for "Reactive power"
Why won't two generators share load equally when running in parallel?
When paralleled generators fail to share load evenly, the fault lies in the governor and speed settings for active power, or the excitation for reactive power.
Marine MachineryWhat is a governor on a marine engine and what does it do?
A governor automatically controls an engine's speed by adjusting the fuel supply to match the load, keeping the engine at the required revolutions or a generator at constant frequency.
