What's an AVR? What's its purpose in Generators?

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What's an AVR? What's its purpose in Generators?..

AVR-Automatic voltage regulators. alos they are called line
drop compensators. they are used to regulate the supply
voltage to the distribution network. thay r used in
transformers and generators. they sense the secondary PT
voltage and correspondingly change the tap position of OLTC
to regulate the secondary output voltage.

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What's an AVR? What's its purpose in Generators?..

Answer / k.prakashchandra

Automatic voltage regulator.It maintains the set voltage
automatically against speed variations, even during load
throw- off.

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What's an AVR? What's its purpose in Generators?..

Answer / sanoop kv

automatic voltage regulator, there is one flow chart for
this .but i didn't remembering it.

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What's an AVR? What's its purpose in Generators?..

Answer / sanoop kv

automatic voltage regulator, there is one flow chart for
this .but i didn't remembering it.

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