Selection of optimized air pollutant filtration technologies for petrochemical industries through multiple-attribute decision-making

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 197, Issue , 2017, Pages 456-463

  Moridi, Parvin ^a   Atabi, Farideh ^a   Nouri, Jafar ^b   Yarahmadi, Rasoul ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution filtration; Fuzzy order of preference by similarity to ideal solution; Multiple attribute decision making; Petrochemical industry; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR FILTRATION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION FILTRATION; FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES; FUZZY ORDER; FUZZY ORDER OF PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTION; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMMONIA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; FILTRATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; FILTRATION; INDUSTRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FILTRATION; INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85017419325     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.065     Document Type: Article

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