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Cost-benefit analysis of different hydrogen production technologies using AHP and Fuzzy AHP

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Title Cost-benefit analysis of different hydrogen production technologies using AHP and Fuzzy AHP
 
Creator THENGANE, SK
HOADLEY, A
BHATTACHARYA, S
MITRA, S
BANDYOPADHYAY, S
 
Subject Hydrogen
Analytic hierarchy process
Cost-benefit analysis
Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
Renewable
ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
DECISION-ANALYSIS
ENERGY-SOURCES
POWER-PLANTS
FUEL-CELL
SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTATION
EIGENVECTOR
SELECTION
 
Description In this paper, cost-benefit analysis is performed to compare eight different hydrogen production technologies using the classical analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the Fuzzy AHP. The technologies considered are steam methane reforming, coal gasification, partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, biomass gasification, photovoltaic-based electrolysis, wind-based electrolysis, hydro-based electrolysis, and water splitting by chemical looping. For each of the hydrogen production technologies, five criteria are used for evaluation: greenhouse gas emissions, raw material and utilities consumption, energy efficiency, scalability, as well as waste disposal and atmospheric emissions. The results obtained for benefits category using AHP and Fuzzy AHP are plotted against the normalized equivalent annual costs of each technology. It is concluded that the fossil fuel based processes appear to have less beneficial qualities including greater environmental impacts, but are more cost-effective. On the other hand, the renewable based processes appear to have more benefits as well as being more expensive for hydrogen production. However, the cost-benefit analysis results imply that the process of water splitting by chemical looping among the renewable approaches is the most promising new technology. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 
Publisher PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
 
Date 2014-12-28T18:02:30Z
2014-12-28T18:02:30Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 39(28)15293-15306
0360-3199
1879-3487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.107
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/17057
 
Language English