Title :
Assessment of magnetic field exposure of humans based on calculation of the resulting electric field parameters in body tissues
Author :
Förster, Stefan ; Döbbelin, Reinhard ; Lindemann, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Power Syst., Otto-von-Guericke-Univ. Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Abstract :
Low-frequency high-intense magnetic field exposure is caused by high-amperage currents of special power electronic equipment. Exposure of operators has to be determined, evaluated and compared with limit values which have been established for the quantities characterising the field. Field simulation provides the possibility to determine resulting values from interaction of incident and induced field inside the human tissues which are affected. Work focuses on investigation of the variety of working situations of welding machine operators and aims on effective screening of situations and parameters to establish a reference database.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biomagnetism; power electronics; resistance welding; welding equipment; electric field parameters; field simulation; high-amperage currents; human tissues; low-frequency high-intense magnetic field exposure assessment; reference database; special power electronic equipment; welding machine operators; Current density; Humans; Immune system; Inverters; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic domains; Welding; Field Exposure; Field Simulation; Low-Frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), 2012 9th International Multi-Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chemnitz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1590-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1589-0
DOI :
10.1109/SSD.2012.6198095