International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
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• A PROTECTION SHIELD AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS OF TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS IN RAIL TRANSPORT

  Gennady Bilenko (Department of Transportation Management, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), RUSSIA),
  Evgenii Novikov (Department of Electrification and Power Supply, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), RUSSIA),
  Valery Ridel (Department of Transportation Infrastructure Management Systems, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), RUSSIA),
  Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Rybin (Department of Electrification and Power Supply, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), RUSSIA).
  

  Disciplinary: Transportation & Infrastructure Management, Electromagnetic Engineering.

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  DOI: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2020.182

  Keywords: Utility frequency fields; Electromagnetic shield; Shielding wall; Transformer; Multilayer electromagnetic shield (MES); Shielding coefficient (attenuation).

  Abstract
  This paper presents characteristics of electromagnetic fields that arise from the generation and affect railroad workers. Besides, radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, there is human exposure to electromagnetic fields that are being generated by utility frequency power transformers. The high voltages and high currents of the transformer substations are sources of strong electromagnetic fields on railroad. For this reason, the analysis has been conducted on protective properties of a new shield design and suggested a design of a multilayer electromagnetic shield to protect the workers and automatic equipment for the railroad industry from exposure to utility frequency fields.
  
  Paper ID: 11A9T