Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults

Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) has been growing in popularity in recent times as a tool to detect mechanical deformation within power transformers. To conduct the test, the transformer has to be taken out of service which may cause interruption to the electricity grid. Moreover, because FRA relie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abu-Siada, Ahmed, Islam, Syed
Other Authors: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6635
_version_ 1848745134117617664
author Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Islam, Syed
author2 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
author_facet IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Islam, Syed
author_sort Abu-Siada, Ahmed
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) has been growing in popularity in recent times as a tool to detect mechanical deformation within power transformers. To conduct the test, the transformer has to be taken out of service which may cause interruption to the electricity grid. Moreover, because FRA relies on graphical analysis, it calls for an expert person to analyse the results as so far, there is no standard code for FRA interpretation worldwide. In this paper an online technique is introduced to detect the internal faults within a power transformer by constructing the voltage-current (V-I) locus diagram to provide a current state of the transformer health condition. The technique does not call for any special equipment as it uses the existing metering devices attached to any power transformer to monitor the input voltage, output voltage and the input current at the power frequency and hence online monitoring can be realised. Various types of faults have been simulated to assess its impact on the proposed locus. A Matlab code based on digital image processing is developed to calculate any deviation of the V-I locus with respect to the reference one and to identify the type of fault.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T06:12:31Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-6635
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T06:12:31Z
publishDate 2013
publisher IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-66352017-01-30T10:54:16Z Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults Abu-Siada, Ahmed Islam, Syed IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) has been growing in popularity in recent times as a tool to detect mechanical deformation within power transformers. To conduct the test, the transformer has to be taken out of service which may cause interruption to the electricity grid. Moreover, because FRA relies on graphical analysis, it calls for an expert person to analyse the results as so far, there is no standard code for FRA interpretation worldwide. In this paper an online technique is introduced to detect the internal faults within a power transformer by constructing the voltage-current (V-I) locus diagram to provide a current state of the transformer health condition. The technique does not call for any special equipment as it uses the existing metering devices attached to any power transformer to monitor the input voltage, output voltage and the input current at the power frequency and hence online monitoring can be realised. Various types of faults have been simulated to assess its impact on the proposed locus. A Matlab code based on digital image processing is developed to calculate any deviation of the V-I locus with respect to the reference one and to identify the type of fault. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6635 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society fulltext
spellingShingle Abu-Siada, Ahmed
Islam, Syed
Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title_full Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title_fullStr Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title_full_unstemmed Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title_short Image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
title_sort image processing-based on-line technique to detect power transformer winding faults
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6635