期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2022
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：1170-1179
DOI：10.35629/5252-04029971003
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：Electricity, radar installations, television and radio masts; rapid growth in the number of global system for mobile communications antennas, cell phones and other electronic devices continually increase the levels of electromagnetic pollution in the environment. Because of its potential health effects, electromagnetic pollution from these sources has been a serious source of concern for human beings over the past two decades. In this research work, the levels of electromagnetic pollution from global system for mobile communications masts in Wunti Area and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Gubi Campus within Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State were analyzed using TM-195 Meter and GPS Dragon App. Measurements of electric field strength, magnetic field strength, and power density were conducted radially away in the vicinities of some selected GSM masts of MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9Mobile respectively. The geographical coordinates and elevations of the selected GSM masts were determined with GPS Dragon App. Using the UTM coordinates and the maximum power densities, electromagnetic magnetic pollution maps of the study areas were generated with ARCGIS 10.8 (2021). From the analyzed results, the maximum power density registered at Wunti Area of 55.520mw/m2 from MTN GSM mast situated around Bauchi Stadium and 25.28mw/m2 from a double-network GSM mast of Airtel and MTN at RL4 in ATBU Gubi Campus are all found to be below the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE] 2019 Reference Levels of 1- 10w/m2 and 1-50w/m2 for the whole-body exposure of persons in unrestricted and restricted environments to electromagnetic fields [100kHz – 300GHz] averaged over 30minutes. Also these maximum power density are below the International Commissions on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 2020 Reference Levels for whole body exposure of persons in unrestricted and restricted environments to electromagnetic fields from 100kHz to 300GHz of 1-50w/m2 and 1-40w/ m2 averaged over 6minutes.
关键词：Electromagnetic pollution;electric field strength;magnetic field strength;power density;TM-195 Meter
