To dream or not to dream in Havana: multi-criteria decision-making for material and energy recovery from municipal solid wastes

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dc.contributor.authorAlfonso-Cardero, Arael
dc.contributor.authorPages-Diaz, Jhosane
dc.contributor.authorKalogirou, Efstratios
dc.contributor.authorPsomopoulos, Constantinos S.
dc.contributor.authorLorenzo-Llanes, Junior
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:22:05Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:22:05Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractCurrently, solid waste management strategies in Havana are outdated. This paper aimed to select the most suitable alternative for integrating material recovery facilities (MRF) with waste-to-energy technologies in the city of Havana, Cuba. Seven scenarios were considered: combustion, gasification, and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) with and without carbon capture, and anaerobic digestion (AD). The selection was based on environmental, techno-economic, and social parameters using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) as a multi-criteria decision-making tool (MCDM). The MCDM-AHP accounted for qualitative criteria (based on experts' judgments) and quantitative (based on Aspen Plus simulation models). From the MRF, 63% of the input recyclable materials were recovered, representing an energy saving of 256 kW-h/t(MSW). The AHP results showed that environmental criteria had the highest priority, resulting in similar to 63% and similar to 73% higher than social and techno-economic criteria, respectively. Likewise, from the techno-economic, environmental, and social sub-criteria analysis, investment risk, pollution, and work safety had the major concern compared with the other sub-criteria levels. Overall, MRF+AD was the most suitable scenario (21% preference) for treating Havana's municipal solid waste (MSW), followed by combustion and gasification with carbon capture, respectively. This study confirms that AD is a preference option for emerging economies like Cuba, mainly due to low environmental pollution, high social acceptance, and financial stability in the long term.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-021-17360-2
dc.identifier.eissn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17360-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92660
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000717921800008
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final8616
dc.pagina.inicio8601
dc.revistaEnvironmental science and pollution research
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectMaterial recovery facility
dc.subjectWaste-to-energy
dc.subjectAspen Plus
dc.subjectMulti-criteria decision-making
dc.subjectAnalytical hierarchy process
dc.subject.ods12 Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods07 Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.odspa12 Producción y consumo responsable
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa07 Energía asequible y no contaminante
dc.titleTo dream or not to dream in Havana: multi-criteria decision-making for material and energy recovery from municipal solid wastes
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen30
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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