Comparing and ranking methods for monitoring NO2 in the air by using Analytical Hierarchy Process Model

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Hamideh Samari Jahromi ¹ , hassan hossein zade asl ²

1 - Instructor of Research, Environment& Biotechnology Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
2 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مهندسی صنایع، واحد علوم و تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی،بندرعباس، ایران.

Received: 2012-04-05 Accepted : 2012-08-20 Published : 2012-09-22

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Abstract :

One of the potential destruction of ozone is NO gas, which has been causing   irreparable damage to the ozone layer. Therefore, in this paper has been presents methods for monitoring nitrogen dioxide in the air. To determine the best method of monitoring has been used analytical hierarchy process model and expert choices software. Therefore, the criteria such as investment cost, easy operation, reliability in data entry, method lifetime was used to select the appropriate method monitoring of nitrogen dioxide.  Weight of each criterion is calculated using the Expert Choices software. With further studies through various methods, four methods, including mobile station, passive sampling, active sampling and remote sensors, were identified for compared and evaluated through AHP process.  Finally, by applying the appropriate weight to each of the methods, the best method of monitoring nitrogen oxides in the air, has been selected the passive sampling.  

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