Question 184Electricity & Electronics - QMED

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What governor settings are the load sharing characteristics of two diesel-generators operating in parallel mostly dependent upon?

Aspeed droop settings
Bspeed limit settings
Cload limit settings
Didle speed settings
AI Explanation

The correct answer is A) speed droop settings. The load sharing characteristics of two diesel-generators operating in parallel are mostly dependent on their speed droop settings. Speed droop is a governor setting that causes the engine speed to decrease as load is increased, allowing the generators to share the load proportionally. Proper adjustment of the speed droop settings ensures the generators share the load equally. The other answer choices are incorrect because they do not directly affect the load sharing between parallel generators. Speed limit settings control the maximum speed, load limit settings control the maximum load, and idle speed settings control the minimum speed, but these do not determine how the load is shared between the generators.

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