JOURNAL: A Multi-Criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology for high temperature thermochemical storage material selection using graph theory and matrix approach
Summary
Authors:
Sahand Hosouli
Jonathon Elvins
Justin Searle
Samir Boudjabeur
Jordan Bowyer
Eifion Jewell
Swansea University
Tata Steel
A Multi-Criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology for high temperature thermochemical storage material selection using graph theory and matrix approach
Materials & Design
March 2023
- The application of a MCDM methodology based on Graph Theory and Matrix approach leads to selection of Cao/Ca(OH)2 for high temperature thermochemical storage.
- Target based, universal and user-friendly MATLAB program based on MCDM methodology allows the simple selection of candidate materials.
- The MCDM tool is tested against a real-life situation, namely the capture of waste heat from Tata Steel UK Port Talbot steelworks.
- Practicality of proposed MCDM method is validated with selection of a suitable heat storage material for low-medium temperature application.
- Proposed method can be applied to other scenarios such as heat storage from high and low temperature coupled with solar thermal generators.