Multi-criteria decision making for the selection of best practice seawater desalination technologies

Dunia AbdulBaki, Fatima Mansour, Ali Yassine, Mahmoud Al-Hindi, Majdi Abou Najm

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    Abstract

    Choice of optimum desalination technology is posited as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. Formulation considers technical, economic, environmental and social criteria. MCDM is an effective tool for selecting the best practice technology. Seawater reverse osmosis was found to consistently outperform thermal desalination technologies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
    Pages489-492
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2020

    Publication series

    NameAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
    ISSN (Print)2522-8714
    ISSN (Electronic)2522-8722

    Keywords

    • Decision support system
    • Desalination
    • Multi-criteria decision making
    • Water technologies

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