A fuzzy VIKOR model for selection of optimal Biomass usage in India

Fast exploitation of fossil fuel and climate change because of emissions are acknowledged as a serious threat to the society that brings a call to researchers for renewable resources which become the need of the hour. The availability of 500 million metric tons of biomass per year in India makes it an inevitable option of energy which requires planning for opulence and environmental security of the nation. Techniques of soft computing like fuzzy logic are used for the precise energy modelling and policy formation. In this paper, a multi-attribute decision making model is proposed for selecting the best biomass usage on evaluating criteria like financial, technical, environmental and social aspect. The evaluated alternatives include bio-diesel, biogas, bio-ethanol, solid bio-fuels and bio-SNG. The evaluation process has been performed using MDL technique followed by VIKOR. The result indicates that Biogas is the ideal usable product obtained by anaerobic digestion among other alternatives.