title: Decision support tool for used oil regeneration technologies assessment and selection.
abstract: Regeneration is the most efficient way of managing used oil. It saves money by preventing costly cleanups and liabilities that are associated with mismanagement of used oil, it helps to protect the environment and it produces a technically renewable resource by enabling an indefinite recycling potential. There are a variety of processes and licensors currently offering ways to deal with used oils. Selecting a regeneration technology for used oil involves "cross-matching" key criteria. Therefore, the first prototype of spent oil regeneration (SPORE), a decision support tool, has been developed to help decision-makers to assess the available technologies and select the preferred used oil regeneration options. The analysis is based on technical, economical and environmental criteria. These criteria are ranked to determine their relative importance for a particular used oil regeneration project. The multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is the core of the SPORE using the PROMETHEE II algorithm.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Science and High Technology, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ICS-UNIDO), AREA Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy. olfa.khelifi@issbat.rnu.tn
authors.forename: Olfa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Khelifi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dalla Giovanna
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vranes
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lodolo
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miertus
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D020407:Internet; D009821:Oils; D010578:Petroleum; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014876:Water Pollution; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D009821:Oils; D010578:Petroleum