Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
are a group of hazardous chemicals that have persistent, bio accumulative and
toxic properties regulated under Stockholm Convention (SC). This study was to a
large extent focusing on selecting the appropriate treatment/disposal
technologies for environmentally sound disposal of POPs in compliant with SC
obligations. For this purpose, five different technologies were evaluated by
Analytic Network Process (ANP) and PROMETHEE methods which are the most
well-known Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods. These technologies
are incineration, base-catalyzed decomposition (BCD), gas phase chemical
reduction (GPCR), pyrolysis/gasification and plasma arc. Eleven criteria by
means of benefit, cost and risk were used for evaluation. Incineration was
found as the preferred alternative for both methods (34 % for ANP and +0.41 for
PROMETHEE). The second option for ANP and PROMETHEE was plasma arc (24%) and
pyrolysis/gasification/ (+0.23), respectively. Although the results were slightly
different for two options, this difference is due to the mathematical
differences between the methods.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Environmental Engineering |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | March 31, 2019 |
Submission Date | July 9, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | December 20, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 2 Issue: 1 |