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An AC generator operating in parallel loses its excitation without tripping the circuit breaker. What will be the result?

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An AC generator operating in parallel loses its excitation without tripping the circuit breaker. What will be the result?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Excitation loss in an AC generator and what happens to the field current and magnetic field • How a generator behaves when paralleled with others on the same bus • Flow of current between a de‑excited machine and the bus (motoring or transformer-like action)

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• Think about what happens to the magnetic field in the generator when excitation is lost. Does the generator still produce its own strong field, or does it rely on the system? • If the generator is still mechanically driven and connected to a live bus, what will the bus voltage and other generators try to do to the machine that lost excitation? • Would any dangerous effect more likely appear in the mechanical parts (like slip rings) or in the electrical windings (field and stator)?

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• Verify what loss of excitation means: field current drops to nearly zero, so the generator’s own magnetic field collapses. • Consider whether the machine might start to act like a motor or synchronous condenser/transformer, drawing heavy current from the bus instead of supplying it. • Check which option mentions high currents in windings versus effects that are only mechanical or that say there is “no effect.”

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An AC generator operating in parallel loses its excitation without tripping the circuit breaker. What will be the result?

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An AC generator operating in parallel loses its excitation without tripping the circuit breaker. What will be the result?

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