Underground Cable Fault Distance Locator

• Author(s): P. Durga
• Paper ID: 1702721
• Page: 139-143
• Published Date: 24-05-2021
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 4 Issue 11 May-2021

Abstract

This project suggests fault location model for underground power cable using microcontroller. The main concept of this project is to find the distance of underground cable fault from the base station in kilometers. In many urban areas, cable fault is a common problem. when a fault occurs due to some reasons, the process of fault tracking without knowing the location related to that particular cable is very difficult the proposed system is designed to track the exact location of the fault occurred in the cable. this project uses the ohm's law concept when a low voltage DC is applied to the feeder end through a series resistor, then the current would differ based on the location of fault occurred in the cable. in case is there any short circuit occurred from line to ground, then the voltage across series resistor alters accordingly, then it is fed to an analog to digital converter to develop exact data, which the preprogrammed 8051 microcontrollers will display in kilometers.

Keywords

8051 microcontroller, Resistors, LCD display, ohm’s law, DC voltage, analog to voltage converter

Citations

IRE Journals:
P. Durga "Underground Cable Fault Distance Locator" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 4 Issue 11 2021 Page 139-143

IEEE:
P. Durga "Underground Cable Fault Distance Locator" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 4(11)