Iot based monitoring of transformer performance

Project Title

Iot based monitoring of transformer performance

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject 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 performance of the distribution transformer using IOT technology. The parameters such as temperature, oil level ,voltage and current of a transformer are monitored, processed and recorded in servers. For this purpose, we use four sensors interfaced with Arduino. The recorded data can be send using Wi-Fi module and accessed from anywhere around the world using IOT technology on webserver. This helps in identifying without human dependency. This helps in identifying and solving a problem before a failure without human dependency.

Project Objectives

By using Transfer Monitoring System, we can maintain the various ongoing operations taking place in the transformer using IOT based application. Transformer is basically used for supplying of electricity distribution and transmission. We can check or monitor the transformer performance so that we can replace the faulty equipment before failure and continuity of power supply without fail. Various sensors are used in this system to monitor the internal ongoing operation in the system. 

The main objective of this project, we first need to check the drawbacks of the conventional transformer monitoring system and the problem we face in the electricity distribution.

1. Many conventional system don’t have internal testing of the equipment found in the transformer.
2. By using older monitoring system, there was no perfect way to detect failure cases every day.
3. Most of the transformer are located at rural areas where regular monitoring is quite difficult under human observation.

So, we need to overcome these drawbacks and need to work smarter and faster so that monitoring of the system by using IOT platforms in real time become easier and we can easily detect the problem at any point of time. By making the system reliable, we can check and improve the transformer health condition at regular basis.

Project Implementation Method

To implement this project . First of all we have to connect all four sensors like temperature sensor , voltage sensor , oil level sensor and current sensors with arduino. The arduino will take data from these sensors either in analog or  digital form according to the nature of sensor connected with it. Arduino will process the data which have taken from sensors according to the instructions as given in program and will display the results on lcd . For online monitoring of parameters, the arduino also send this data to wifi module which will upload the data on iot cloud (webserver) where we can monitor the data in real time.

Benefits of the Project

By using Transformer Monitoring system using IOT based platform, it can eliminate the requirement of human power and thus increases the efficiency and overall accuracy in the system. This system helps to manage the electricity supply in the system and also helps to detect the electricity theft. Moreover, this system helps to assure the safety level and assure to cause no harm to the environment and surroundings. 

It having following advantages.

1. Real- time monitoring of data
2. High accuracy rate
3. Improved system reliability
4. Highly Efficient
5. Low Cost

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

In IoT, interaction between the physical and digital worlds using sensors and actuators are carried out. A sensor or a network of sensors are used to sense the physical parameters or the respective environment. These processed sensor output are then send to the main server or cloud with the help of various network devices. The data can be accessed over internet from anywhere around the world. 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, oil level  and temperature. This will help to identify the faults before a serious failure occurs.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry Energy Other Industries Others Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	25790
Arduino	Equipment	1	700	700
Lcd (20x4) i2c	Equipment	1	680	680
transformer	Equipment	1	220	220
current sensor(Acs712)	Equipment	1	350	350
voltage sensor	Equipment	1	90	90
ultrasonic sensor	Equipment	1	220	220
Esp NodeMcu	Equipment	1	500	500
connector	Equipment	10	20	200
temperature sensor(dht11)	Equipment	1	190	190
capacitor	Equipment	2	20	40
potentiometer	Equipment	3	50	150
vero board	Equipment	10	70	700
5v voltage regulator	Equipment	1	60	60
dc voltage regulator	Equipment	1	200	200
12vdc electric bulb with holder	Equipment	1	300	300
Hard board (sheet)	Equipment	1	600	600
male to female connector	Equipment	2	50	100
switch buttons	Equipment	2	100	200
usb cable for arduino	Miscellaneous	1	100	100
usb cable for esp node mcu	Miscellaneous	1	100	100
screws	Miscellaneous	2	200	400
supply cable /wire	Equipment	1	100	100
connecting wires	Equipment	2	100	200
arduino connecting cable/wire	Equipment	1	140	140
multimeter	Miscellaneous	1	1500	1500
soldering iron	Miscellaneous	1	500	500
screw driver	Miscellaneous	2	50	100
delivery charges form online shipmments of components	Equipment	30	100	3000
components damaged during fabrication	Equipment	1	2000	2000
silicon gun for attachment of components	Miscellaneous	1	200	200
wire connectors	Equipment	10	20	200
arduino coding	Equipment	1	5000	5000
thesis binding fee	Miscellaneous	1	500	500
thesis printing fee	Miscellaneous	1	1000	1000
Hardware/thesis submitting fee for university	Equipment	1	5000	5000
Buck converter	Equipment	1	130	130
male and female straight header for arduino	Equipment	1	120	120