Power substation location selection using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and PROMETHEE: A case study from Bangladesh

Golam Kabir and Razia Sultana Sumi

Energy, 2014, vol. 72, issue C, 717-730

Abstract: Electromagnetic radiations emanating from the high voltage lines and substations pose serious adverse health consequences to living beings. As a result, selection of power substation location is an important strategic decision-making problem for both public and private sectors. In general, many conflicting factors affect the appropriate substation location selection problem which adheres to uncertain and imprecise data. In this paper, a simple, systematic and logical scientific approach is structured to evaluate power substation location through integrating Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) with the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE). The proposed integrated approach provides more realistic and reliable results, and facilitates the decision-maker to handle multiple contradictory decision perspectives through eliminating the limitations of FAHP and PROMETHEE methods. To accredit the proposed model, it is implemented in a power substation location selection problem in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Power substation location; Delphi method; Multi-criteria analysis; Fuzzy set theory; Analytic hierarchy process; PROMETHEE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.098

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