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The objective of this paper is to provide a mechanism to detect and protect a transformer against various kinds of faults. The protection scheme for a transformer is highly desirable as the continuity of power supply is directly associated with it. A reliable transformer protection scheme is desirable for safe and economically viable operation in the power system. In order to protect a transformer against different kinds of faults many methods are in vogue, however, each of them is suitable for a particular kind of fault and is very complex in nature. This paper describes a design and execution of microcontroller-based system for protecting a transformer. In this research work, a microcontroller is used to detect electrical faults and send signal to a relay to disconnect the transformer from the system. At the time of fault occurrence, it generates a signal to the control room providing information pertaining to position of fault. The proposed methodology has been hardware implemented as well.
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Mughal, S.N., Nizam, M. (2022). A Microcontroller Based Hardware Implementation to Detect and Protect a Transformer Against Various Faults. In: Singh, P.K., Kolekar, M.H., Tanwar, S., Wierzchoń, S.T., Bhatnagar, R.K. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Computing, Communication and Smart Cities. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 875. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0284-0_32
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