Zhou Wen-Ying, Zhang Xi-Yu, Lu Mai
Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Technology and Intelligent Control of Ministry of Education, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 11;19(3):e0300049. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300049. eCollection 2024.
In order to assess the electromagnetic exposure safety of passengers under the civil communication system of the subway, the radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic environment of subway carriage is established by using COMSOL Multiphysics software, it includes a 1-1/4 " leaky coaxial cable (LCX1) and a 1-5/8" leaky coaxial cable (LCX2), which are designed to be the exposure sources, and twelve passengers at different position. The electromagnetic environment model has been verified through field measurement. The exposure dose distribution of twelve passengers is compared and analyzed, when LCX1 and LCX2 works respectively. The simulated results show that, to compare with LCX2, the electromagnetic dose absorbed by the passengers is reduced by 9.19% and 22.50% at 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz respectively. The specific absorption rate (SAR) of passengers obtains the maximum value of 1.91×10-4 W/Kg and the temperature rise to 0.214 K when the LCX1 works at 3400 MHz. By comparing with the public exposure limitation of the International Commission of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), it demonstrates the electromagnetic exposure safety of the passengers under the civil communication system. More importantly, the proposed LCX1 not only could add the 5G signal cover but also lower the SAR absorbed by the passengers, which indicates that the public electromagnetic exposure dose could be reduced by adjusting the radiation performances of exposure source, which provide a new way for electromagnetic protecting.
为评估地铁民用通信系统下乘客的电磁暴露安全性,利用COMSOL Multiphysics软件建立地铁车厢的射频(RF)电磁环境,其包括一根1 - 1/4英寸漏泄同轴电缆(LCX1)和一根1 - 5/8英寸漏泄同轴电缆(LCX2),将它们设计为暴露源,以及处于不同位置的12名乘客。该电磁环境模型已通过现场测量验证。分别比较和分析了LCX1和LCX2工作时12名乘客的暴露剂量分布。模拟结果表明,与LCX2相比,在2100 MHz和2600 MHz时乘客吸收的电磁剂量分别降低了9.19%和22.50%。当LCX1在3400 MHz工作时,乘客的比吸收率(SAR)达到最大值1.91×10 - 4 W/Kg,温度升高到0.214 K。通过与国际非电离辐射防护委员会(ICNIRP)的公众暴露限值进行比较,证明了民用通信系统下乘客的电磁暴露安全性。更重要的是,所提出的LCX1不仅可以增加5G信号覆盖,还能降低乘客吸收的SAR,这表明通过调整暴露源的辐射性能可以降低公众电磁暴露剂量,为电磁防护提供了一种新途径。