Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

voltage regulation
the change in delivered voltage from a generator or transformer from no-load to full-load. Voltage regulation is usually expressed as a percentage of the no-load voltage. For a DC generator, the voltage will always drop as the load increases and the voltage regulation will be a positive quantity. For AC generators and transformers, voltage regulation is the difference in the magnitude of the no-load and full-load voltages (ignoring phase angles). For capacitive (leading power factor) loads, the full-load voltage may have a higher magnitude than the no-load voltage, resulting in negative voltage regulation. Such a condition may lead to instability and is undesirable.
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