Waste-to-Energy

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Sustainability Assessment and Ranking

406 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Waste-to-Energy: Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Sustainability Assessment and Ranking offers a comprehensive view of the technologies and processes for energy generation as a path for waste treatment, presenting all the necessary information and tools for selecting the most sustainable waste-to-energy solution under varying conditions. The book combines methods such as lifecycle assessment, sustainability assessment, multi-criteria decision-making, and multi-objective optimization modes. In addition, it provides an overview of waste-to-energy feedstocks, technologies and implementation, then goes on to investigate the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of the waste-to-energy industry. The book proposes several decision-making methods for the ranking and selection of waste-to-energy scenarios under different levels of certainty and information availability, including multi-criteria, multi-actor and multi-attribute methods. Finally, the book employs lifecycle tools that allow the assessment of economic, environmental and social sustainability of waste-to-energy systems.

• Reihe: Academic Press
• ISBN: 9780128163948
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2020
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc
• Herausgegeben von: Jingzheng Ren