doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2023.14.6.1453
Selection of a Suitable Waste to Energy Technology for Greater Beirut Area Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Abbas El Toufaili*
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture
- Manuscript receivedApril 8, 2023
- revisedJune 19, 2023
- acceptedAugust 4, 2023
Abstract
Waste to Energy (WtE) is becoming an interestingoption for many countries as an effective waste managementsolution. The goal of this study is the selection of a suitable WtEtechnology for the treatment of municipal solid waste in GreaterBeirut Area (GBA). In adopting a potential WtE technology forsolid waste treatment in GBA, the protection of the environmentand citizens health is mandatory, but it is also evident thepressing need for economically feasible new electrical energysources. For a well and an efficient functioning of a WtE plant,an appropriate supply chain system of municipal solid wasteshould be guaranteed. The selection of a suitable WtEtechnology is a complex decision and to achieve the statedobjective the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method wasemployed and experts in the waste management sector wereconsulted to formulate the model. AHP analysis was performedusing SpiceLogic software. Results indicate that Composting isthe best choice with a global score of 0.33, followed by AnaerobicDigestion which acquired 0.21 and Incineration ranked as thethird preferred technology obtaining 0.14. A sensitivity analysiswas conducted to ensure the results consistency, assessing thereliability of the experts’ judgments.
Keywords
- Developing countries
- Lebanon
- multi criteria decision analysis
- municipal solid waste
- sensitivity analysis
How to Cite
Abbas El Toufaili, Dario Pozzetto, Elio Padoano, Luca Toneatti, and Ghassan Fakhoury, "Selection of a Suitable Waste to Energy Technology for Greater Beirut Area Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 340-347, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2023.14.6.1453
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