Prioritization of the Critical Factors of Hydrogen Transportation in Canada Using the Intuitionistic Fuzzy AHP Method

Monasib Romel and Golam Kabir ()
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Monasib Romel: Industrial Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
Golam Kabir: Industrial Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-26

Abstract: Hydrogen is a potential source of imminent clean energy in the future, with its transportation playing a crucial role in allowing large-scale deployment. The challenge lies in selecting an effective, sustainable, and scalable transportation alternative. This study develops a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework based on the intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (IF-AHP) to evaluate land-based hydrogen transportation alternatives across Canada. The framework includes uncertainty and decision-maker hesitation through the application of triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs). Seven factors, their subsequent thirty-three subfactors, and three alternatives to hydrogen transportation were identified through a literature review. Pairwise comparison was aggregated among factors, subfactors, and alternatives from three decision makers using an intuitionistic fuzzy weighted average, and priority weights were computed using entropy-based weight. The results show that safety and economic efficiency emerged as the most influential factors in the evaluation of hydrogen transportation alternatives, followed by environmental impact, security, and social impact and public health in ascending order. Among the alternatives, tube truck transport obtained the highest overall weight (0.3551), followed by pipelines (0.3272) and rail lines (0.3251). The findings suggest that the tube ruck is currently the most feasible transport option for land-based hydrogen distribution that aims to provide a transition of Canada’s energy mix.

Keywords: hydrogen transportation; analytic hierarchy process; intuitionistic fuzzy set; sustainability; land-based transportation; Canada energy transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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