Real Time Health Monitoring of Ceramic Insulators Using Quad-Copter

Abstract

This paper presents a smart and efficient system for the surveillance of the ceramic and polymeric insulators installed in distribution system. Various manual methods are used to monitor the distribution system, but they are not efficient. They require more time, resources and also harmful for human life. The proposed system is able to monitor distribution line specially insulators using image processing and sensors reading. Complete system having quad-copter with camera resolution of 1080p, IR temperature sensor, humidity sensor and WiFi supported micro controller. Quad copter captures images of insulators and installed sensors take reading of the system. This system keep the record of all images taken along with GPS that provide ease to distribution company while locating faults on insulators. A GUI is created in MATLAB that is used for analyzing images through different image processing techniques. It monitors the condition of insulator by using the algorithm of canny filter and sober filter and create histogram of each image. Standard deviation and Mean value are also used to analyze the health of insulator. This system reduce the human effort and resources that consume more time and money.