What will happen when a loss of field excitation to an AC generator occurs while operating in parallel?

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It will lose its load and possibly over speed.

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It will absorb more and more load due to decreased armature reaction.

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It will lose its load due to the inherent speed droop built into the governor.

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It will smoke and overload due to field flashover as residual field flux changes polarity.

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