Enhancing power transformer health assessment through dimensional reduction and ensemble approaches in Dissolved Gas Analysis

Abstract Transformer health analysis using Dissolved Gas Analysis is crucial for diagnosing power transformer faults. This paper proposes an innovative approach to diagnose power transformer faults by integrating machine learning algorithms with Ensemble techniques. The method involves fusing reduced dimensional input features through Principal Component Analysis with Ensemble techniques such as Bagging, Decorate, and Boosting. Various machine learning algorithms, including Decision Tree (DT), K‐Nearest Neighbours, Radial Basis Function Network, and Support Vector Machine, are employed in conjunction with Ensemble techniques. The long short‐term memory algorithm was used to create synthetic data to solve the issue of data imbalance. A dataset of 683 samples is used in the study for training, testing, validation, and comparison with current techniques. The results highlight the effectiveness of Ensemble techniques, particularly Boosting, which demonstrates superior performance across all classification algorithms. The Boosting with DT algorithm achieves an impressive accuracy of 98.32%, surpassing alternative methods. In validation, the proposed Boosting Ensemble technique outperforms various approaches, showcasing its diagnostic accuracy and superiority over alternative methods. The research emphasises the model's effectiveness in smoothing input vectors, enhancing harmony with ensemble techniques, and overcoming limitations in prior methods.