IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology (IJEMT )

E-ISSN 2504-8848
P-ISSN 2695-2149
VOL. 11 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijemt.vol.11.no2.

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Selection of Suitable Power Plants in Two Regions of Nigeria Saturday, E. G. and Oti, J. T.

Selection of Suitable Power Plants in Two Regions of Nigeria, Saturday, E G and Oti, J T

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Abstract

Technique of Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), a multi-criteria decision making technique, was applied in the selection of power plants for installation in the Niger Delta region and the North-East region of Nigeria. The power plants considered are Gas turbine power plant, steam turbine power plant, combined cycle power plant, hydro power plant, wind turbine energy system and solar PV systems. Seven attributes criteria were used in the selection process. The criteria are installation cost, operation and maintenance cost, availability of primary energy source, consistency of primary energy source, environmental impact of system operation, package sizes and ease of deployment. The attributes were assigned weights obtained from experts in the field. A decision matrix was formed and the entries in the matrix were obtained from experts. The TOPSIS scores obtained from the analysis was used in judging the level of suitability of installing a particular power production system. In the Niger Delta region, the TOPSIS score for the least favourable power plant system (steam turbine power plant) is 0.459 while that for the most favourable power plant system (combined cycle power plant) is 0.712. In the North-East region, the least favourable power plant (steam turbine power plant) has a TOPSIS score of 0.374 while the most favourable power plant to be operated (hydro power plant) has a TOPSIS score of 0.615. Generally, it is more favourable to operate renewable energy systems for power production in the North-East region while the Niger Delta region is more suitable for installing thermal power plants.

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