Power Transformer Fault Diagnosis Based on Multi Class SVM and IPSO

Abstract

This article focuses on classifying a variety of faults in power transformers with high precision, using an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization-Support Vector Machine (IPSO-SVM) system designed for fault diagnosis. The process begins with the identification of five distinct gases dissolved in oil, serving as diagnostic features. Minimal output encoding is then used to construct multiple binary support vector machine (SVM), facilitating a multi-class classification of transformer faults. While other studies often combine traditional Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms with SVMs, our approach employs an enhanced PSO algorithm. This improved algorithm allows for the optimization of inertia and learning factors, values of which adapt based on iteration counts. The PSO is then leveraged on the optimization of the penalty factor and the radial basis function of SVM, thereby improving its classification performance. Simulation results indicate that our IPSO-SVM methodology achieves 90% and 92% accuracy in training and testing sets, respectively. This method significantly enhances the accurateness of
transformer malfunction diagnosis, exhibiting superior diagnostic precision compared to traditional power transformer malfunction diagnosis methods.