Title :
Specific Absorption Rate evaluation in apple exposed to RF radiation from GSM mobile towers
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Tele-Commun. Eng. Dept., Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata, India
Abstract :
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by an object when exposed to an electromagnetic field. SAR evaluation at different human organs due to cell phone radiation is very common today. On the other hand, none has yet considered that the plants, fruits and crops get exposed to RF radiation from cell phone towers 24 hours a day without any shielding. Therefore, the purpose of this research paper is to evaluate SAR in apple fruit (in tree) due to radiation coming from cell phone towers in GSM bands at controlled and public exposure zones. SAR has been evaluated in an apple with CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST-MWS) simulator based on Finite Integration Technique (FIT).
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; cellular radio; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic wave absorption; finite element analysis; microwave propagation; smart phones; Apple; CST MICROWAVE STUDIO; CST-MWS; FIT; GSM mobile towers; RF radiation; SAR; cell phone radiation; cell phone towers; electromagnetic field; finite integration technique; public exposure zones; specific absorption rate evaluation; Cellular phones; Computational modeling; Dielectrics; GSM; Guidelines; Poles and towers; Radio frequency; GSM band; ICNIRP; Radio Frequency (RF); SAR; apple; cell phone towers;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bhubaneswar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3266-5
DOI :
10.1109/AEMC.2013.7045044
