Numerical electromagnetic modeling of chemical plants for the assessment of radio frequency ignition hazards

Author

Spadacini, Giordano ; Pignari, Sergio A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this work, electromagnetic simulation of electrically-large chemical plants is used to investigate RF ignition hazards. The proposed analysis is aimed at refining results and procedures detailed in the European Standard CLC/TR 50427, which foresees the use of elemental antennas (loops and half-wave dipoles) for the estimation, via closed-form approximated formulas, of the RF power induced by an impinging electromagnetic field.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biological effects of microwaves; chemical industry; dipole antennas; electromagnetic fields; health hazards; industrial plants; loop antennas; standards; European Standard CLC/TR 50427; RF ignition hazards; RF power; closed-form approximated formulas; electrically-large chemical plants; electromagnetic field; electromagnetic simulation; elemental antennas; half-wave dipoles; loops; numerical electromagnetic modeling; radio frequency ignition hazards assessment; Antenna radiation patterns; Electromagnetic fields; Hazards; Ignition; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050696

Filename

6050696