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Power Transformer Health Monitoring - Indigenous IoT Platform

Transform substation operations from reactive maintenance to intelligent, data-driven transformer health management. Our indigenous Power Transformer Health Monitor gives every critical transformer asset continuous visibility — so small deviations never become failures.

A single 25 MVA transformer failure costs Rs. 2-3 crore and takes 8-12 hours to restore, while ageing assets already account for 18% of the installed fleet. Continuous health monitoring is no longer optional — it is essential.

Key Features & Benefits

  • Any Make • One Platform: Manufacturer-agnostic fleet health view across ABB, BHEL, CG, Schneider, Siemens, Voltamp or any PTR OEM
  • White-Box THI & RUL: Configurable weights, thresholds and transparent health logic you can audit and tune
  • Online + Historical Fusion: Live sensor data combined with lab DGA and oil test results, history and relay status
  • External Busbar + Vibration: Phase-wise HV and LV busbar temperature with delta-T analysis, plus X/Y/Z vibration trends
  • Explainable Health: See exactly why the health score changed and what action to take next
  • Fleet Risk Prioritization: Identify which asset needs attention first across your entire substation fleet
  • Indigenous & Customisable: Make-in-India platform with local workflows and retrofit-friendly deployment
  • Cost Optimisation: Add sensors selectively based on asset risk — lower total cost of ownership
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Don't Just Monitor the Transformer - Manage Its Condition

Do not just monitor the transformer - manage its condition: See, Understand, Act and Verify

Discovery Before Deployment - Understand Before You Monitor

Discovery before deployment - key questions to understand before you monitor
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White-Box THI & Remaining Useful Life (RUL)

  • SEE: Continuous monitoring of oil & winding temperature, phase-wise HV/LV busbar temperature, moisture, dissolved H₂ gas, partial discharge, vibration and relay status
  • UNDERSTAND: Analyse online and historical data together to detect abnormal trends and identify the contributors to deterioration
  • ACT: Deviation → Risk → Action → Verify — targeted inspection, laboratory oil testing and post-action checks guided by the platform
  • VERIFY: Confirm improvement after every intervention for timely action, reduced risk and higher reliability
  • Configurable THI: Parameter scores, weights and thresholds tuned to Indian grid operating conditions — not a black box
  • RUL Assessment: Plan refurbishment and capital expenditure with predicted remaining useful life per asset
  • Fleet Risk Prioritization: Rank assets by risk and value so engineering teams always work on what matters most

Power Transformer Health Monitor - Live Dashboard

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Power Transformer Health Monitor - Busbar & Oil Trends

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  • HV Busbar 98.6°C, LV Busbar 61.8°C, Oil 33°C — 24-hour trend with clear load correlation for phase-wise thermal diagnosis.
  • Moisture, water activity, dissolved H₂ and partial discharge trends alongside — a single pane of glass for oil and insulation health

From Inputs to Client Visibility - Continuous, Correlated, Actionable

From inputs to client visibility across thermal, oil and insulation, electrical, mechanical, partial discharge, protection and asset analytics

From Infrastructure to Action - Fully Implemented

Capability ladder from existing infrastructure through additional sensing, health view and event analytics to action workflow

End-to-End Monitoring - From Sensor to Dashboard

  • Oil & Winding Temperature
  • HV & LV Busbar Temperature (Phase-wise)
  • Ambient Temperature & Relative Humidity
  • Oil Level, Moisture & Water Activity
  • Dissolved H₂ Gas (DGA)
  • Voltage, Current, kW / kVA / PF
  • Frequency, THD & Energy
  • Partial Discharge (UHF / UT / TEV)
  • Buchholz, PRD & Oil Surge Relay
  • OLTC Trip / Operation & Tap Position
  • X / Y / Z Axis Vibration
  • Protection & Relay Status
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Sensors and existing meters stream over RS485/Modbus to the industrial IoT gateway, then MQTT over TLS to the SSOS cloud — time-series storage, alarm engine, analytics and dashboards with role-based access and multi-channel alerts (WhatsApp, SMS, email and mobile app).

  • Multi-brand compatibility: ABB, BHEL, CG, Schneider, Siemens, Voltamp or any PTR OEM
  • SCADA ready: REST APIs, OPC-UA, BACnet and Modbus interoperability
  • Plug-and-play deployment: scales across 1,000+ substation assets, on-premise with 100% data sovereignty
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  • Let's build a smarter, safer and more reliable power grid — together.
  • One platform. Any OEM. Your data. Your rules. Future-proof.

Traditional Approach vs With Smarter Spider

Traditional approach versus Smarter Spider - from fragmented checks to continuous intelligence

OEM-Locked vs Indigenous - Clear Difference

OEM-Locked Model

  • Data stored in a foreign cloud - security risk
  • Pay per tag / per transformer / per year
  • Black-box analytics that cannot be audited
  • Feature requests take 6 months and extra cost
  • Only their own brand of transformers supported
  • On exit, you lose all historical data
  • No customisation for local grid and utility practices
  • High false alarms, low trust in alerts
  • Dollar-linked licence cost that keeps escalating

Indigenous SSOS Model (POC Proven)

  • On-premise or utility cloud - 100% secure
  • Unlimited tags, assets and users
  • White-box, auditable THI / RUL logic
  • New features in weeks from the in-house team
  • Any OEM - true multi-brand fleet coverage
  • You own the time-series database forever
  • Tuned to your grid conditions and alarm logic
  • Intelligent filter - no nuisance false alarms
  • One-time + AMC rupee pricing model
  • OEM-locked: high CAPEX + high OPEX + permanent vendor lock-in
  • Indigenous SSOS: lower total cost of ownership, no lock-in, fully scalable
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