Analysis of WWTPs technologies based on the removal efficiency of Pharmaceutical Activated Compounds for water reuse purposes. A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach
| Autor: | Carmen Fernández-López, Juan Miguel Sánchez-Lozano, Mariano González García |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution)
Computer science 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Reuse 01 natural sciences Fuzzy logic 020401 chemical engineering Scopus pharmaceutical compounds 0204 chemical engineering Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences reclaimed water Process Chemistry and Technology TOPSIS wastewater treatment plants Multiple-criteria decision analysis Wastewater Ranking JCR Sewage treatment Biochemical engineering Population equivalent fuzzy logic Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Re-Unir. Archivo Institucional de la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja instname |
| Popis: | Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are designed to remove organic matter, phosphorus, and nitrogen but not other pollutants such as Pharmaceutical Activated Compounds (PhAC). Purpose This study involves the development of an approach based on a fuzzy version of a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) method called TOPSIS which issues such as technology used in each WWTP, atmospheric temperature, hydraulic retention time or population equivalent can help in the decisions to design WWTPs when the efficiency of PhAC removal must be considered. Methodology Eleven alternatives (WWTPs) located in the Southeast of Spain involving two technologies (MBR and CAS) and considering different ways of quantifying each technology in the TOPSIS ranking were studied. Findings The resolution of the multi-criteria problem allowed the most efficient WWTPs in the removal of each PhAC to be classified, indicating that the criterion of technology was not overly important. However, some criteria were more relevant than others. Novelty The current methodology can also be applied to the design of WWTPs to remove different PhAC, considering other criteria with the possibility of reusing wastewater. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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