Transformer Health Monitoring System Using Internet of Things

Abstract

Health monitoring of electrical equipment using IOT may help to replace the equipment before failure and continuity of the power will not be disturbed. This paper presents an implementation of this concept which acquires the real-time condition of the distribution transformer remotely with the use of internet implementing IOT. The proposed health monitoring system works in real time and uses temperature-sensor, potential transformer and current transformer for monitoring temperature, voltage and current of the distribution transformer and send these information to a remote server where it can be monitored and necessary action may be taken to avoid the outage of the electricity supply. The proposed system has been implemented in Laboratory and tested. The data collected are validated and it has been found that the proposed system is working satisfactorily.