Thursday, February 16, 2012

Health and safety risks associated with RF anechoic chamber

The afterward bloom and assurance risks are associated with RF anechoic chambers:

RF radiation hazard

Blaze hazard

Trapped personnel

Personnel are not commonly acceptable central the alcove during a altitude as this not alone can could could cause exceptionable reflections from the animal physique but may aswell be a radiation hazard to the cadre anxious if tests are getting performed at top RF powers. Such risks are from RF or non-ionizing radiation and not from the college activity ionizing radiation.

As RAM is awful absorptive of RF radiation, adventure radiation will accomplish calefaction aural the RAM. If this cannot be blown abundantly there is a accident that hot spots may advance and the RAM temperature may acceleration to the point of combustion. This can be a accident if a transmitting antenna aback gets too abutting to the RAM. Even for absolutely bashful transmitting ability levels, top accretion antennas can apply the ability abundantly to could could cause top ability alteration abreast their apertures. Although afresh bogus RAM is commonly advised with a blaze retardant to abate such risks, they are difficult to absolutely eliminate.

Safety regulations commonly crave the accession of a aerial blaze abolishment arrangement including smoke detectors. Aerial blaze abolishment avoids accident acquired by the abolition abettor which would contrarily aggravate accident acquired by the blaze itself. A accepted aerial blaze abolishment abettor is carbon dioxide. Commonly the blaze apprehension arrangement is affiliated into the ability accumulation to the chamber, so that the blaze apprehension arrangement can abstract the ability accumulation if smoke or a blaze is detected.

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