Smart Transformer Theft Protection and Maintenance Monitoring System

The countries of South East Asia are going through a rapid growth in the economy over the last decade. Much of this economic development is fueled by the development of their power generation. Unfortunately, transformer theft is a common scenario in these countries, which is a key impediment in the way of advancement in the power sector. Therefore, to solve this problem, a GSM based transformer theft protection and monitoring system has been developed in order to protect the distribution transformers from thieves. In addition, the system can also monitor the health parameters of a transformer. The system developed in this paper utilizes several sensors such as a magnetic sensor, IR sensors and weight sensors in order to detect nearby person who wants to steal or vandalize the transformer by notifying the incident to the authority via SMS service of the GSM technology. Moreover, the authority can also monitor transformer health parameters such as transformer temperature and oil level.