Electromagnetic field safety of high-speed vehicles

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The development of high-speed passenger transportation is a result of increased capacity of traction power supply systems, traction electric drives of rolling stock, and the intensity of electric and magnetic fields and their influence on passengers, maintenance staff, other equipment, and automation and communication systems. In the premises, we shall solve urgent problems, i.e. assess the electromagnetic environment near high-speed railway routes and inside the rolling stock in areas, where passengers, staff, and equipment are located, and ensure electromagnetic compatibility of equipment, at the stage of engineering decision-making and designing high-speed networks.

The paper presents the maximum permissible levels of electromagnetic fields provided by national and foreign regulations and the intensity of electric and magnetic fields of traction power supply systems and on-board power supply equipment of high-speed railways and magnetic levitation transportation systems. In addition, it reviews electromagnetic safety and compatibility of these systems and equipment.

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Victor V. Nikitin

Emperor Alexander I St.-Petersburg State Transport University

Email: pgups.emks@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5699-0424
SPIN-code: 6864-5678

Dr. Sci. (Tech.), professor

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

Anatoly N. Gorsky

Emperor Alexander I St.-Petersburg State Transport University

Author for correspondence.
Email: gorskyan38@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 2519-1678

Dr. Sci. (Tech.), professor

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Maximum permissible levels of magnetic fields established by the ICNIRP, BlmSchV26 standards depending on frequency. The points at a frequency of 50 Hz correspond to the maximum permissible levels established by SanPiN 2.2.4.3359-16

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