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This document describes an underground cable fault location project using an Arduino. A team of 5 students submitted the project. It aims to detect faults in underground cables by measuring voltage changes using Ohm's law. The Arduino processes voltage readings from resistors representing cable distances and sends fault locations to an LCD display in kilometers. It uses a circuit with resistors in series to simulate cable lengths, and relays to induce faults at known points. The working involves measuring voltage drops to calculate fault distances from the feeding end.

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Basic Electrical Engineering

This document describes an underground cable fault location project using an Arduino. A team of 5 students submitted the project. It aims to detect faults in underground cables by measuring voltage changes using Ohm's law. The Arduino processes voltage readings from resistors representing cable distances and sends fault locations to an LCD display in kilometers. It uses a circuit with resistors in series to simulate cable lengths, and relays to induce faults at known points. The working involves measuring voltage drops to calculate fault distances from the feeding end.

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Design Engineering

Project
Project :: Underground
Underground cable
cable fault
fault location
location using
using
Ardiuno
Ardiuno

Submitted
Submitted By:
By:
1.
1. Name:
Name: Romil
Romil Patel
Patel
•• En.no:
En.no: 190160109039
190160109039 .
2.Name:
2.Name: Tirth
Tirth D.
D. Masarwala
Masarwala
•• En.no:
En.no: 190160109025
190160109025

3.Name:
3.Name: Hemil
Hemil Patel
Patel
•• En.no:
En.no: 190160109033
190160109033

4. Name:
4. Name: Yash
Yash G.
G. Vaghela
Vaghela
•• En.no:
En.no: 190160109068
190160109068

5.Name:
5.Name: Mitesh
Mitesh Bhoi
Bhoi
•• En.no:
En.no: 190160109007
190160109007
.
•• Project
Project Guide
Guide ::

prof.
prof. Sumit
Sumit V.
V. Bankar
Bankar
INDEX
• Project Overview
• Block Diagram
• Components
• Ardiuno & LCD
• Functions
• Relay kit
• Workings
• Final Looks
Project Overview
• The main objective of this project is to detect the faults and abnormalities
occurring in underground cables using an Arduino. The basic idea behind
the working of this project is ohms's law. At the feeder end, when a DC
voltage is applied, based on the location of fault in the cable, the value of
current also changes. So in case of a short circuit fault the change in
voltage value measured across the resistor is then fed to the in-built ADC
of the Arduino.
• This value is processed by the Arduino and the fault is calculated in terms
of distance from the base station. This value is sent to the LCD interfaced
to the Arduino board and it displays exact location of the fault from the
base station in kilometers for all the three phases.
• This project is arranged with a set of resistors which represent the length of
the cable. At every known kilometer fault switches are placed to induce
faults manually. Finally the fault distance can be determined.
Project Components
• Ardiuno Circuit
• LED display
• Bread Board
• Relay Kit
• Set of resistances
Arduino Circuit LED display
Ardiuno ckt: Arduino is an open-source electronics platform
based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are
able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a
Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor,
turning on an LED.

LCD display: LCD displays are used to show the fault and distance
from the site. Most common LCDs connected to the microcontrollers
are 16x2 and 20x2 display.

Relay kit : A relay is an electrically operated switch . Current


flowing through the coil of the relay creates a magnetic field
which attracts a lever and changes the switch contacts. The coil
current can be on or off so relays have two switch positions and
have double throw (changeover) switch contacts as shown in the
diagram.
Relay Kit
Working

The project uses a set of resistances in series i.e. R10,R11,R12, R13 and R17,
R16, R14, R21, R20,.R19, R18,R25, R22 as shown in the circuit diagram, one
set for each phase.
Each series resistors represents the resistance of the underground cable for a
specific distance thus 4 such resistances in series represent 1-4kms.
3 relays are used to common point of their contacts are grounded while the
NO points are connected to the input of the R17, R21 & R25 being the 3 phase
cable input.
R10 is fed with a series resistor R1 to 5v supply. The common point of R10 &
R1 is given to input pin 0 of arduino duely wired as explained above.
Final Looks
Thank you very much for giving your
valuable time..

THE END

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