TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of microalgae cultivation systems based on integrated analytic hierarchy process–life cycle optimization
AU - Tan, Jully
AU - Tan, Raymond R.
AU - Aviso, Kathleen B.
AU - Promentilla, Michael Angelo B.
AU - Sulaiman, Nik Meriam Nik
N1 - Funding Information:
The present research work was financially supported by the UCSI University under the project funding Proj-In-FETBE-015. The authors would also like to thank Associate Professor Mustafa Kamal Abdul Aziz for providing domain expert inputs in the AHP survey.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Optimization of sustainable process plant configurations requires the use of systematic assessment methods based on the usage of natural resources, release of pollutants and generation of environmental impact. This paper presents an integrated life cycle optimization framework for the synthesis of microalgae cultivation systems, using a multiple objective linear program formulation; in the model, individual objective functions are aggregated and weighted using the analytic hierarchy process. Four different cultivation alternatives were used as case study to demonstrate the capability of this formulated integrated model. The model takes into account three main environmental criteria in assessing different cultivation alternatives, namely energy, water (direct and indirect water) and carbon footprints. It is determined in the case study that the open pond cultivation system is preferred compared to other alternatives.
AB - Optimization of sustainable process plant configurations requires the use of systematic assessment methods based on the usage of natural resources, release of pollutants and generation of environmental impact. This paper presents an integrated life cycle optimization framework for the synthesis of microalgae cultivation systems, using a multiple objective linear program formulation; in the model, individual objective functions are aggregated and weighted using the analytic hierarchy process. Four different cultivation alternatives were used as case study to demonstrate the capability of this formulated integrated model. The model takes into account three main environmental criteria in assessing different cultivation alternatives, namely energy, water (direct and indirect water) and carbon footprints. It is determined in the case study that the open pond cultivation system is preferred compared to other alternatives.
KW - Analytic hierarchy process
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Life cycle optimization
KW - Microalgae
KW - Multiple objective linear programming
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U2 - 10.1007/s10098-017-1390-5
DO - 10.1007/s10098-017-1390-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023773182
SN - 1618-954X
VL - 19
SP - 2075
EP - 2088
JO - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
JF - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
IS - 8
ER -
