🔍 Key Concepts

• Paralleling diesel generators and how real (kW) load is shared between units • How speed droop in a governor affects frequency and load as more kW is picked up • Difference between governor sensitivity/compensation (stability, response) vs characteristics that set steady-state load sharing

💭 Think About

• When two generators are paralleled and carrying a common load, what governor setting actually determines how much load each machine will carry at a given common frequency? • Which governor characteristic changes the slope of the speed–load curve, and how does that affect the portion of load each generator takes? • Which options mainly affect how smoothly/accurately the governor responds, rather than the final steady-state division of kW load?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which characteristic directly sets the speed vs. load curve (droop curve) of the governor • Confirm which items in the choices are more related to stability/response quality rather than steady-state load division • Make sure you are thinking about kW load sharing at constant system frequency, not voltage (kVAR) sharing