IOT BASED DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

Transformers are the main building block in a power system. Any damages in transformers adversely affects the balance of a power system. The damages are mainly occurring due to overloading and inefficient cooling. The main objective of the is real time monitoring of the health conditions of the

Project Title

IOT BASED DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

Transformers are the main building block in a power system. Any damages in transformers adversely affects the balance of a power system. The damages are mainly occurring due to overloading and inefficient cooling. The main objective of
the is real time monitoring of the health conditions of the distribution transformer using IOT technology. The parameters such as temperature, voltage and current of a
transformer are monitored, processed, and recorded in servers. For this purpose, we use three sensors interfaced with Arduino.This helps in identifying and solving a
problem before a failure without human dependency.

Project Objectives

The general objective of the project is to develop an internet of things based remote
monitoring system for multiple distribution transformers of an area, so that life
expectancy of distribution transformer can increase with regular maintenance which
could help companies to reimburse their capital investment on transformers.

Project Implementation Method

IoT based transformer health condition monitoring system is developed in this work
to monitor the health conditions of transformers remotely and at regular intervals.
Health index is determined on the basis of change in current values on phases, oil
level, voltage values and temperature of transformer which are measured using
sensors. Arduino has been selected as the processor for transmitting the sensed data.
This low-cost system can be installed in transformer at any location to get monitored
remotely, which not only determines health condition but also to assist in predicting
the life span as well.It consists of Arduino board, node MCU, voltage sensor, temperature sensor, current
sensor and power supply as shown in the fig 1. The sensors sense the parameters and
send this to Arduino nano. It processes it and send to Wi-Fi module

Benefits of the Project

Monitoring and controlling form the basic objective of IoT technology. Hence IoT based monitoring is preferred more than manual monitoring. The system is a real time monitoring of transformer parameters such as voltage, current and temperature. This will help to identify the faults before a serious failure occurs

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The system consisting of arduino and sensors senses the transformer health parameters. The data are collected and a node mcu unit communicates with ThingSpeak. The received real time data is processed by it. This data is send using HTTP protocol. The accessed readings can be visualized in ThingSpaek platform.

hardware components

 website view

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Manufacturing

Other Industries

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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