Human exposure to pulsed current waveforms below 100 kHz

Abstract

A tool for the analysis below 100 kHz of pulsed current waveforms with reference to human exposure has been developed. It consists of a dedicated program written in Matlab. As input data, a trapezoidal pulsed current waveform has been considered, and, varying the rise time and the duty-cycle, a parametric analysis has been performed. Also a noise superimposed to the signal has been considered. Parameters relevant to human exposure have been calculated following the ICNIRP Guidelines. A schematic operative diagram for metal inert gas welding applications is proposed; an experimental set-up has been built and the obtained results are reported.