Volume source (pollution)

A volume source of pollution is a three-dimensional source of pollutant emissions. Essentially, it is an area source with a third dimension. ^[1]

Examples of a volume source of pollution are:

• Dust emissions from the wind erosion of uncovered gravel piles, sand piles, limestone piles, coal piles, etc.
• Fugitive gaseous emissions from pipe flanges, packed valve seals, gas compressor seals, control valve seals, piping and vessel seals within industrial facilities such as oil refineries and petrochemical plants.
• Buildings, containing air pollutant emission sources, with no singular emission vent (i.e., buildings with multiple roof vents or multiple open windows), such as in an urban area. ^[2]

See also

• Air pollution dispersion terminology
• Area source
• Atmospheric dispersion modeling
• List of atmospheric dispersion models
• Line source
• Point source (pollution)
• Roadway air dispersion modeling

References

1. Chandrappa, Ramesha; Kulshrestha, Umesh Chandra (2015-08-21). Sustainable Air Pollution Management: Theory and Practice. Springer. p. 89. ISBN   978-3-319-21596-9 . Retrieved 2025-08-27.
2. Fernando, Harindra Joseph (2012-12-11). Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Two-Volume Set. CRC Press. p. 92. ISBN   978-1-4665-9114-1 . Retrieved 2025-08-27.