In a turbine apparatus comprising a runner rotatable to be rotationally
driven by a water, a gain of a derivative calculation element generating
a derivative component of a control signal for controlling a flow rate of
the water which derivative component is to be applied to the derivative
calculation element and the integration calculation element by performing
differentiation on a difference between an actual rotational speed and a
desired rotational speed of the runner with respect to a time proceeding
has a value sufficiently increased to converge a value of the control
signal toward a desired value in accordance with the time proceeding in
S-characteristic portion.