Research Article
Ranking of Sites for Installation of Hydropower Plant Using MLP Neural Network Trained with GA: A MADM Approach
Table 2
Numeric data for the power plant taken in the case study.
| | Attributes | Subattributes | Site 1
(Bajoli HEP, Himachal Pradesh) (180 MW) | Site 2
(Ting Ting HEP, Sikkim) (97 MW) | Site 3
(Tipaimukh HEP, Manipur)
(1500 MW) | Site 4
(Nafra HEP, Arunachal Pradesh) (96 MW) |
| | Air quality | SO2 (µg/m3) | 7.1 | 6.80 | 80 | 50 | | NO2 (µg/m3) | 4.4 | 9.0 | 80 | 24 | | PM2.5 (µg/m3) | 44 | 19.0 | 60 | 21 | | PM10 (µg/m3) | 105 | 79.0 | 100 | 56 |
| | Water quality | Ph | 7.30 | 7.19 | 7.5 | 7.0 | | DO (mg/l) | 9.60 | 8.81 | 2.9 | 5.0 | | BOD (mg/l) | 9.0 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 3.0 | | Electrical conductivity (µmhos/cm) | 3700 | 44.33 | 2200 | 2350 |
| | Cost of energy delivery | Cost/MW (Cr) | 10.42 | 4.91 | 5.43 | 7.19 | | Tariff rate (Rupee) | 5.05 | 2.22 | 4.65 | 3.55 | | Construction period/100 MW (Yr) | 5.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| | Ecological | Land required (ha)/MW | 0.522 | 0.313 | 6.67 | 0.780 | | Land submerged (ha) | 2.0 | 1.02 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
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