Two 60Hz alternators are driven by shunt motors. The shunt motors have speed-load droop characteristics of 3% and 4% respectively. The alternators are in parallel and each carrying 50 kW. There is no automatic speed-load control. An additional 50 kW load is switched-on. What are the resulting loads of the alternators assuming that the speed-load control of each is not adjusted?
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Two 60Hz alternators are driven by shunt motors. The shunt motors have speed-load droop characteristics of 3% and 4% respectively. The alternators are in parallel and each carrying 50 kW. There is no automatic speed-load control. An additional 50 kW load is switched-on. What are the resulting loads of the alternators assuming that the speed-load control of each is not adjusted?
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