A multi-criteria decision support system to rank sustainable desalination plant location criteria

被引：39

作者：

Dweiri, Fikri ^{[1
]}

Khan, Sharfuddin Ahmed ^{[1
]}

Almulla, Asam ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sharjah, Ind Engn & Engn Management Dept, Sharjah 27272, U Arab Emirates

[2] Sharjah Elect & Water Author, Water Dept, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates

来源：

DESALINATION | 2018年 / 444卷

关键词：

Desalination plant; Decision support system; Plant location criteria; Analytical hierarchal process; Sustainability criteria; Multi-criteria decision making; SUPPLIER SELECTION; MAKING APPROACH; VULNERABILITY; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.desal.2018.07.007

中图分类号：

TQ [化学工业];

学科分类号：

0817 ;

摘要：

Due to globally increased demand of drinkable and usable water, countries are focusing more in building desalination plants. Desalination plant location selection is a strategic decision and decision makers need to deal with multiple criteria that are sometimes conflicting in nature. In addition to technical and operational aspects, sustainability (social, environmental, economical) aspect needs to be considered in desalination plant location decision. The purpose of this paper is to develop a multi-criteria decision support system (DSS) to rank desalination plant location criteria in United Arab Emirates (UAE) by considering social, environmental, economical, technical and operational aspects. Result shows that technical (21.9%) and economical (20.9%) are top two main aspects of desalination plant location criteria. Similarly, waste water discharge (22.2%), life species (13.3%), real cost of water and government subsidy (18%), quality and quantity of fresh water (12.4%), and water supply network (9%) are the top ranked sub-criteria of environmental, social, economic, technical, and operational aspects respectively.

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页码：26 / 34

页数：9

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