Environmental Impact Assessment of Petrochemical Industry using Fuzzy Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix

Abstract

Due to the high potential of petrochemical industry in the creation of environmental impact, environment impact assessment of the development of petrochemical industry is very important. The aim of this study is to provide and test a fuzzy model for environmental impact assessment of petrochemical industries as a decision support system in planning process and the development of petrochemical industry. To test this model, the Lorestan province was chosen as the study area. In order to assess the impact of petrochemical industry in Lorestan, the combination of RIAM method and fuzzy theory was used. First, using check lists and holding meetings with experts, the type of petrochemical industry impacts on environmental factors was determined. Next, the effects of project activities on environmental factors were scored; the fuzzy scoring was done using defined criteria in MATLAB software. Environmental components considered in the method used were divided into 4 main factors including physicalchemical, biological-ecological, social-cultural and economic-functional and 33 sub-factors, assessment of nonimplementation, construction and operation stage was carried out individually. The results show the most important environmental impacts of petrochemical projects, water and soil pollution, air and noise as well as its socioeconomic consequences. The results showed that the operation in petrochemical industry will create more important implications than the construction stage, some of them in terms of lack of control and environmental management, are irreversible and damaging.

Recent Progress in Polymer-Based Building Materials

“…The development in the pavement industry, such as heavy axle design, improvement of the traffic level, heavy truckload, and environmental needs, demanded improvement of asphalt binders [133][134][135]. In order to adapt to the development of the pavement and construction field, people are using sustainable development technology and different types of additives and modifiers to modify the asphalt binder to improve its performance [136][137][138][139][140][141].…”

A Hybrid Model for Assessing the Effects of Industrial Complexes on the Environment Using a Fuzzy Expert System

“…The results indicated that RIAM was a proven method to investigate and evaluate the physical, ecological, economic, and socialcultural impacts due to the developmental projects. In Iran, Ghobadi et al (43) used RIAM for the EIA of petrochemical industries as a decision support system in planning a process and developing the petrochemical industry. Padash (44) assessed the environmental impacts of Masjed Soleyman's desalination and operating unit project in the south of Iran using RIAM.…”

Adaptive laboratory evolution of Pseudomonas putida and Corynebacterium glutamicum to enhance anthranilate tolerance

“…Growing awareness of climate change and pollution has led to the burgeoning development of alternative, 'green' production routes for diverse platform chemicals [1,2]. In recent years, several bio-based synthesis routes for aromatic compounds have been established, e.g.…”