Multi-Criteria Decision Making on the Energy Supply Configuration of Autonomous Desalination Units

Dimitris Georgiou (), Essam Mohammed () and Stelios Rozakis
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Dimitris Georgiou: "Postgraduate program in Agribusiness Management Agricultural University of Athens"
Essam Mohammed: Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens

No 2013-6, Working Papers from Agricultural University of Athens, Department Of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: The important energy requirements for the desalination process impose especially in remote plants supply by Renewable Energy Sources (RES). In this paper five alternative energy generation topologies of Reverse Osmosis desalination process are evaluated. Proposed topologies assessed in terms of economic, environmental, technological and societal indices are compared using multi-criteria analysis, namely the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and PROMETHEE. Ranking of topologies resulted in the selection of direct connection and hybrid configuration. In case of economic priorities prevail diesel generation should also be considered.

Keywords: desalination; reverse osmosis; topologies; multi-criteria analysis; renewable energy sources. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C44 Q25 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2013
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