26224ab4184a136f282-7a8b 20221126023030186 beie:beie director@blueeyesintelligence.org WEB-FORM International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering IJITEE 22783075 10.35940/ijitee https://www.ijitee.org/ 12 30 2022 12 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Ahmed Rufai Salihu Chibuike Peter Ohanu Department of Electrical Engineering, Rivers State University, Harcourt, Nigeria Chinweike Chukwudebelu Okoli Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Madonna University, Madonna University Nigeria Overload on transformer has been a principal cause of overheating in its windings, reduction of efficiency, lowering of lifespan and sometimes leads to burn. This can be attributed to a large quantity of current drawn by the loads in the circumstances. In this paper, a design topology capable of providing sustainable protection to transformer from overload is presented. The designed system detects current drawn when being loaded and able to protect the transformer by isolation while displaying the overload current immediately a load is placed resulting in drawing a higher amount of current than the rating of the transformer. This was verified using simulation and validated by experiment on a prototype design. The simulation and experimental results achieved show good correlation, and exhibited the cogency of the design topology. 12 30 2022 12 20 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijitee.org true 10.35940/ijitee.A9357.1212122 https://www.ijitee.org/portfolio-item/a93571212122/