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Q3. With reference to a load sensing governor for an alternator driven by an auxiliary diesel engine:

(a) Describe, with the aid of a sketch, such a governor; (8)

(b) Describe the action of a governor in response to a large increase in electrical load; (4)

(c) Explain EACH of the following:

(i) The necessity for droop; (2)                  (ii) How droop is effected. (2)