Estimation of Source Strength of Air Pollutants for Point, Line, and Area Sources

Abstract

Source strength of air pollutant release from point, line and area sources is very important as an input to Air dispersion models used for different category of sources. Such a source strength is worked out based on amount of fuel consumption, raw materials, emission factors, actual monitored observations of air pollutant emissions. The more precise is source strength of air pollutants, more compatible will be the predicted concentration of air pollutants on receptor locations using well established air dispersion models since these models help in understanding the relationship between the magnitudes of emissions at source with the concentrations at different receptor points at ground level.