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Answer added by  Venkatesh B, Electrical Engineer, KVK Constructions Private ltd
7 years ago

If load is a static load (no motors involved), then with the help of utility voltage & current, we can size the generaor with 20% safety margin. But industrial loads ... See More

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Answer added by  omar saber, Regional Customer Application Engineer , General Electric
7 years ago

It depends on the application you are looking at . but for a gas turbine power plant you dont want to do that because the electrical load will change with ambient .

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Answer added by  sendhil kumar, power plant operation Manager, Bharat aluminium company limited
7 years ago

we have to do peak load calculation and also we have to forecast the load ,then we have to go for generator sizing

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Answer added by  Syed Shareef, Electrical Lead Engineer, ACC
7 years ago

Load calculation must be done and generator sizing should be 25% more than the total load demand.