Site selection of municipal solid waste incineration plant using GIS and multicriteria decision analysis

Abushammala, Mohammed F.M.; Qazi, Wajeeha A.; Frrag, Siham; Alazaiza, Motasem Y. D.; Younes, Mohammad K.

doi:10.1080/10962247.2022.2064002

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“…Therefore, before establishing a WtE plant like incinerator, a region-specific study is required to determine the most suitable site [18]. The first stage in determining the most suitable site is mapping the criteria for siting the WtE.…”

Section: Mapping Of Suitability Criteria For Siting Wte Facilitymentioning

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“…Similarly, in order to address the increasing amounts of waste which has burdened the existing solid waste management system in Oman, [18] proposed establishing incineration plants that can considerably reduce the volume of waste and can simultaneously produce electricity. The study combined GIS and MCDA for the selection of an appropriate site for an incineration plant that can mitigate environmental impact and eliminate community dissatisfaction.…”

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Site Suitability Analysis for Waste to Energy Facility in Onitsha North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

Isma'il

2023

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Onitsha North Local Government Area (LGA) in Anambra State is an industrial and commercial city in south eastern Nigeria that is currently facing serious environmental problems resulting from poor solid waste management system. Also, the city is experiencing poor electricity supply at a time of increasing energy demand for domestic and industrial activities. The rate of solid waste generation in the city has increased with rapid urbanisation, population growth and economic expansion. Exploiting the energy potentials of the huge amount of waste generated in the area through Waste to Energy (WtE) technology is an efficient and sustainable waste management strategy that can be deployed in order to boost the energy supply mix in the area. However, the viability of WtE adoption has not been investigated in the study area. As a first and critical step in that direction, this study combined Geographic Information System (GIS) and Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques to identify suitable sites for WtE facility in Onitsha North with a view to determining the viability of adopting WtE in the area. The factors used for multicriteria evaluation are Land use/Land cover, distance from road, distance from surface water, distance from existing dumpsite and slope. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to assign relative weights to these factors. The Weighted Overlay method was used to integrate these factors in ArcGIS environment to produce suitability map for WtE facility in the study area. Results showed that less than 1% and 77% of the study area were found to be moderately suitable and marginally suitable respectively for siting WtE facility; while 21% and 0.33% of the study area were found to be less suitable and not suitable respectively. The study has provided the basic information required for harnessing waste energy potential for sustainable development in Onitsha North. The waste energy potentials can be exploited to provide alternative energy source for industrialisation and economic activities in the area. The WtE will also serve as an alternative efficient waste management strategy in the study area. The combination of GIS and MCDA techniques has proven to be efficient in site suitability analysis, hence it can be applied in solving multicriteria decision problems.

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Section: Mapping Of Suitability Criteria For Siting Wte Facilitymentioning

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Site Suitability Analysis for Waste to Energy Facility in Onitsha North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

Isma'il

2023

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“…Incineration method referred as a waste treatment method that entails the combustion of natural substances found in waste products until it become ashes (Abushammala et al, 2022;Sun et al, 2023). Incineration has been broadly utilized for waste disposal method because it allows for significant waste mass reduction and recovery of energy (Ghasemi et al, 2023;Tuan Habib & Saad, 2009).…”

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Fuel Consumption Investigation for Quran Disposal Incinerator System

Khairuddin,

Abd Rashid,

Ismail

2023

E-BPJ

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In this study, the fuel consumption characteristic of a Quran incineration system was conducted. The experiment examines the relation between fuel usage and Quran loads as well as how the usage of blower affects the fuel utilization. The result proved that the blower unit shortens the combustion time and uses less fuel. Nevertheless, the electrical source to power the blower will increase the operating costs, especially during full loading operation. Therefore, this study will provide insight in determining the balance between the combustion duration over the operational costing of such a system.

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“…Several studies use MCDM techniques to deal with waste management problems. Many of these studies focus on either locating waste treatment plants [ [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] ] or on technological decisions within the broad field of waste treatment [ 14 , [32] , [33] , [34] ]. However, most only describe one scenario without considering the impact of future situations and the probabilities of occurrence.…”

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Sustainable selection of waste collection trucks considering feasible future scenarios by applying the stratified best and worst method

Solaz¹,

Artacho-Ramírez²,

Aragonés‐Beltrán³

et al. 2023

Heliyon

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Site selection of municipal solid waste incineration plant using GIS and multicriteria decision analysis

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

Site Suitability Analysis for Waste to Energy Facility in Onitsha North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

Site Suitability Analysis for Waste to Energy Facility in Onitsha North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

Fuel Consumption Investigation for Quran Disposal Incinerator System

Sustainable selection of waste collection trucks considering feasible future scenarios by applying the stratified best and worst method

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