Design, construction and testing of a DC bioeffects test enclosure for small animals. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7095818· OSTI ID:7095818

Frazier, M J; Preache, M M

This final report describes both the engineering development of a DC bioeffects test enclosure for small laboratory animals, and the biological protocol for the use of such enclosures in the testing of animals to determine possible biological effects of the environment associated with HVDC transmission lines. The test enclosure which has been designed is a modular unit, which will house up to eight rat-sized animals in individual compartments. Multiple test enclosures can be used to test larger numbers of animals. A prototype test enclosure has been fabricated and tested to characterize its electrical performance characteristics. The test enclosure provides a simulation of the dominant environment associated with HVDC transmission lines; namely, a static electric field and an ion current density. A biological experimental design has been developed for assessing the effects of the dominant components of the HVDC transmission line environment.

• Research Organization: IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-78ET10157
• OSTI ID: 7095818
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/10157-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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