Energy-Environmental One-Year Dynamic Simulation and Ranking Analysis of Using Flat Plate Solar Water Heater to Supply the Heating Demand of an Apartment in the USA: A Comprehensive Review

Table 4

Validation of station ranking results with IDAS, TOPSIS and VIKOR methods.

Station	IDAS		TOPSIS		VIKOR
		Rank		Rank		Rank
Montgomery	0.766	5	0.594	3	0.246	4
Juneau	—	50	0.089	50	1.000	50
Phoenix	0.999	1	0.734	1	—	1
Little Rock	0.542	20	0.462	19	0.461	16
Sacramento	0.634	13	0.505	14	0.402	14
Denver	0.664	12	0.513	12	0.378	11
Hartford	0.401	39	0.370	39	0.626	39
Dover	0.466	30	0.411	30	0.556	30
Tallahassee	0.873	2	0.671	2	0.113	2
Atlanta	0.698	9	0.556	8	0.302	7
Honolulu	0.786	4	0.586	5	0.532	26
Boise	0.496	23	0.425	25	0.527	25
Springfield	0.475	28	0.417	27	0.538	27
Indianapolis	0.418	36	0.380	36	0.594	35
Des Moines	0.440	31	0.395	31	0.582	31
Topeka	0.550	18	0.459	20	0.477	19
Frankfort	0.469	29	0.415	29	0.548	29
Baton Rouge	0.673	11	0.549	10	0.314	8
Augusta	0.289	47	0.286	47	0.725	47
Annapolis	0.436	32	0.394	32	0.590	33
Boston	0.429	33	0.389	33	0.589	32
Lansing	0.334	45	0.319	45	0.677	45
Saint Paul	0.308	46	0.300	46	0.701	46
Jackson	0.716	7	0.566	7	0.294	6
Jefferson City	0.490	25	0.427	23	0.517	22
Helena	0.426	34	0.380	35	0.594	34
Lincoln	0.495	24	0.427	24	0.520	24
Carson City	0.698	8	0.527	11	0.360	10
Concord	0.378	41	0.354	41	0.645	41
Trenton	0.476	27	0.416	28	0.541	28
Santa Fe	0.831	3	0.590	4	0.235	3
Albany	0.364	43	0.345	42	0.660	44
Raleigh	0.618	15	0.501	15	0.398	13
Bismarck	0.419	35	0.378	37	0.597	36
Columbus	0.361	44	0.340	43	0.657	43
Oklahoma City	0.557	17	0.465	17	0.465	18
Salem	0.366	42	0.339	44	0.654	42
Harrisburg	0.399	40	0.368	40	0.627	40
Providence	0.416	37	0.380	34	0.613	38
Columbia	0.698	10	0.553	9	0.315	9
Pierre	0.504	22	0.432	22	0.502	20
Nashville	0.545	19	0.463	18	0.464	17
Austin	0.726	6	0.584	6	0.247	5
Salt Lake City	0.533	21	0.444	21	0.506	21
Montpelier	0.277	48	0.280	48	0.736	48
Richmond	0.623	14	0.507	13	0.385	12
Olympia	0.223	49	0.238	49	0.802	49
Charleston	0.477	26	0.420	26	0.518	23
Madison	0.409	38	0.371	38	0.598	37
Cheyenne	0.593	16	0.474	16	0.439	15