The SEMONT continuous monitoring and exposure assessment for the low-frequency EMF

Abstract

© 2016 IEEE. The most known sources of the low-frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) can be found in electric power systems. Those systems and their power distribution parts have become the backbone of economic, technological and overall development of human society, intensely in modern-days. The actual humanity highly depends on the reliable power supply and thus a number of power distribution substations have been established, even in densely populated residential parts of the cities. The presence of such a power substation increases the public concerns on dangerous health effects, considering the exposure to EMF in the vicinity of substations. Thus, the comprehensive and detailed monitoring was demanded, along with the exposure assessment to EMF radiation. The continuous broadband monitoring method of the Serbian Electromagnetic Field Monitoring Network - SEMONT has been considered in this paper, in a case study of the power substation "NS7 - South Telep", located in the city of Novi Sad, the Republic of Serbia. The exposure assessment, based on daily boundaries, has been employed, showing that acquired results emerge to be far below the Serbian prescribed reference levels.