Title :
Measurement and prediction of electrical substation generated electromagnetic field
Author :
Ma, Yan ; Karady, George G. ; Hunt, James R. ; Priest, Bryce L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A strong magnetic field exists within high voltage substations. People living close to these substations have expressed concern about the external electromagnetic field (EMF) generated from these substations. Salt River Project (SRP) utilizes EMF WorkStation, a simulation software package developed by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to evaluate the EMF level for existing and future substations. The objective of this study is to measure and map the EMF field inside a selected SRP urban substation, compare field measurement with simulation results, and then provide an independent and impartial evaluation of the EMF WorkStation software. The comparison results show that EMF WorkStation is able to provide acceptable estimation of the EMF generated by the substation.
Keywords :
electric generators; electromagnetic fields; magnetic field measurement; power system measurement; software packages; substations; EMF workstation; Electric Power Research Institute; SRP urban substation; Salt River Project; electrical substation generated electromagnetic field; external electromagnetic field; high voltage substation; simulation software package; Current measurement; Humans; Legged locomotion; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Substations; Workstations; EMF; EMF WorkStation; Electromagnetic field; substation;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1000-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2011.6039200
