Power Line Fault Analysis, Monitoring and Indication System
Abstract
Generally when a fault occurs in transmission line, unless it is severe it is unseen. But gradually these minor faults can lead to damage of transformer and can turn havoc to human life. It may also initiate fire. Present day in India, we do not have a system in hand that would let us know in real time once a fault occurs. Matter of concern is that since we do not have a real time system, this leads to damage of the underlying equipment‟s connected and turns out to be a threat to human around. In order to avoid such incidents to the maximum extent, maintenance or checking of the transmission lines are generally carried out on a frequent basis. This leads to increased manpower requirement. The fact remains that the real intention of this is not met as many a times line failure may be due to rain, toppling of trees which cannot be predicted. To overcome these, we are proposing a power line fault detection System. Whenever the preset threshold is crossed, the microcontroller instantly initiates. This helps us to realize an almost real time system.
