A Elkamel - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo
K Mahdi - Chemical Engineering Department, Kuwait University
G Zahedi - Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah

This study presents application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) optimization technique to select the optimum SOx estimation control strategies for power station boiler in Kuwait. In this case different alternatives based on technical, environmental, political and economical criteria and subcriteria have been studied. Comments from ? expert peoples have been collected to build weighing tables. By applying AHP procedure importing natural gas was found as the optimum choice of power plant fuel.

air pollution control, analytical hierarchy process, power plant, SOx emission