Sisto Renata, Frigerio Francesco, Militello Andrea, Borra Massimo, Cottica Danilo, Grignani Elena
Department of Occupational Hygiene, National Research Centre for Occupational Safety and Prevention, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome 00040, Italy.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Oct;55(8):922-30. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mer016. Epub 2011 Apr 7.
In this work, a method previously proposed in the literature (Sisto R, Pinto I, Stacchini N et al. Infrared radiation exposure in traditional glass factories. AIHAJ 2000; 61: 5-10) to evaluate the exposure to infrared (IR) radiation when the source can be approximated as a black body is implemented in a mathematical code developed in Matlab. Some practical situations are discussed. A comparison between the results obtained by a spectroradiometric technique and that obtained by using a broadband radiometer and the modelling of the source is shown. The IR radiation exposure evaluations in a cement industry and in a steel forge are shown and compared to the exposure limit values.
