Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability
Power transformer is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the grid to reliably and efficiently transmit power to the consumers. Asset management and protection are the best concepts for prolongation of transformer lifespan as well as for the increase of grid reliability. This article pre...
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| author | Raichura Maulik Chothani N. G. Patel Dharmesh |
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| description | Power transformer is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the grid to reliably and efficiently transmit power to the consumers. Asset management and protection are the best concepts for prolongation of transformer lifespan as well as for the increase of grid reliability. This article presents electrical and non-electrical parameter-based power transformer monitoring and protection. Various data such as core flux, age of asset, heat generation, current harmonics and temperature are monitored in real time and processed accordingly to enhance the working capability of the transformer. The proposed scheme is successfully tested on 15 kVA laboratory transformer using Arm CORTEX-M4 processor. A Fitness Function (Ff) is estimated from the collected data to examine the working condition of the transformer. Moreover, voltage, current and power-based inrush detection as well as Adaptive Power Differential Protection (APDP) are applied to protect the transformer against fault. The hardware implementation and result validation prove the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in enhancing reliability of the distribution grid. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f70d14c31f74e9da6b394ac8ba4541e2022-12-22T00:44:41ZengSciendoElectrical, Control and Communication Engineering2255-91592019-12-0115210411210.2478/ecce-2019-0014ecce-2019-0014Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid ReliabilityRaichura Maulik0Chothani N. G.1Patel Dharmesh2Researcher, A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Gujarat Technological University, IndiaPhD, Associate Professor, A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Gujarat Technological University, IndiaPhD, Assistant Professor, Government Engineering College Bharuch, Gujarat Technological University, IndiaPower transformer is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the grid to reliably and efficiently transmit power to the consumers. Asset management and protection are the best concepts for prolongation of transformer lifespan as well as for the increase of grid reliability. This article presents electrical and non-electrical parameter-based power transformer monitoring and protection. Various data such as core flux, age of asset, heat generation, current harmonics and temperature are monitored in real time and processed accordingly to enhance the working capability of the transformer. The proposed scheme is successfully tested on 15 kVA laboratory transformer using Arm CORTEX-M4 processor. A Fitness Function (Ff) is estimated from the collected data to examine the working condition of the transformer. Moreover, voltage, current and power-based inrush detection as well as Adaptive Power Differential Protection (APDP) are applied to protect the transformer against fault. The hardware implementation and result validation prove the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in enhancing reliability of the distribution grid.https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2019-0014condition monitoringfault detectionpower transformersreliabilitysmart grid |
| spellingShingle | Raichura Maulik Chothani N. G. Patel Dharmesh Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering condition monitoring fault detection power transformers reliability smart grid |
| title | Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability |
| title_full | Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability |
| title_fullStr | Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability |
| title_short | Real-Time Monitoring & Adaptive Protection of Power Transformer to Enhance Smart Grid Reliability |
| title_sort | real time monitoring adaptive protection of power transformer to enhance smart grid reliability |
| topic | condition monitoring fault detection power transformers reliability smart grid |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2019-0014 |
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