scholarly journals Review on Transformer Fault Detection and Diagnosis Algorithms

Author(s):  
Mohammed Misbahul Islam ◽  
Mrs. Madhu Upadhyay

The method of fault diagnosis based on dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is of great importance to detect possible failures in the transformer and to improve the safety of the electrical system. The DGA data of the transformer in the smart grid has the characteristics of a large amount, different types and a low density of values. Since the power transformer is an important type of power supply in the electrical network, this document provides a complete overview of the power transformer and describes how to diagnose faults. Furthermore, on-line monitoring, the method of fault diagnosis and condition-based maintenance strategy decision-making method as also have been described. The paper presents detailed literature on the recent advancements and methods being adopted by various authors on fault detection.

2011 ◽  
Vol 219-220 ◽  
pp. 375-378
Author(s):  
Xin Chen Guo ◽  
Qiong Song ◽  
Fu Wei Zhang

The fault diagnosis for power transformer plays an important role in improving the safety and reliability for an electrical network. Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is a basic method to diagnose the fault of power transformer. Considering the disadvantages in DGA using fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm, a hybrid method based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) to solve the FCM model is presented. In the new algorithm, the PSO’s search space is the vector space after straightening the membership matrix in the FCM. With the results of experiments on real DGA data, it shows our approach can improve the clustering performance for the transformer fault diagnosis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 4440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongxin Liu ◽  
Bin Song ◽  
Linong Wang ◽  
Jiachen Gao ◽  
Rihong Xu

The transformers work in a complex environment, which makes them prone to failure. Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is one of the most important methods for oil-immersed transformers’ internal insulation fault diagnosis. In view of the high correlation of the same fault data of transformers, this paper proposes a new method for transformers’ fault diagnosis based on correlation coefficient density clustering, which uses density clustering to extrapolate the correlation coefficient of DGA data. Firstly, we calculated the correlation coefficient of dissolved gas content in the fault transformers oil and enlarged the correlation of the same fault category by introducing the amplification coefficient, and finally we used the density clustering method to cluster diagnosis. The experimental results show that the accuracy of clustering is improved by 32.7% compared with the direct clustering judgment without using correlation coefficient, which can effectively cluster different types of transformers fault modes. This method provides a new idea for transformers fault identification, and has practical application value.


2014 ◽  
Vol 519-520 ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
De Wen Wang ◽  
Zhi Wei Sun

Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) in oil is an important method for transformer fault diagnosis. This paper use random forest parallelization algorithm to analysis the dissolved gases in transformer oil. This method can achieve a fast parallel fault diagnosis for power equipment. Experimental results of the diagnosis of parallelization of random forest algorithm with DGA samples show that this algorithm not only can improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis, and more appropriate for dealing with huge amounts of data, but also can meet the smart grid requirements for fast fault diagnosis for power transformer. And this result also verifies the feasibility and effectiveness of the algorithm.


2014 ◽  
Vol 535 ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Jeeng Min Ling ◽  
Ming Jong Lin ◽  
Chao Tang Yu

Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is an effective tool for detecting incipient faults in power transformers. The ANSI/IEEE C57.104 standards, the most popular guides for the interpretation of gases generated in oil-immersed transformers, and the IEC-Duval triangle method are integrated to develop the proposed power transformer fault diagnosis method. The key dissolved gases, including H2, CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, and total combustible gases (TCG), suggested by ASTM D3612s instruction for DGA is investigated. The tested data of the transformer oil were taken from the substations of Taiwan Power Company. Diagnosis results with the text form called IEC-Duval triangle method show the validation and accuracy to detect the incipient fault in the power transformer.


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