Research Article

A Novel Evaluation Method of Hydrogen Production from Coal Based on AHP and GRA-TOPSIS

Table 1

Comprehensive evaluation index system of hydrogen production technology.

Goal level (G)Criterion level (A)Factor level (B)

Comprehensive evaluation index system of hydrogen production technology (I)Energy (A1)Resource suitability (b11)
Hydrogen production efficiency (b12)
The proportion of end-user energy consumption changes (b13)
Increased share of clean energy consumption (b14)
Economic (A2)The cost per unit of hydrogen production (b21)
Investment costs (b22)
Gross domestic product (b23)
Environment (A3)Wastewater emissions (b31)
Slag emissions (b32)
CO2 emissions (b33)
NOX emissions (b34)
Technology (A4)Technical reliability (b41)
Hydrogen purity (b42)
The proportion of researchers (b43)
External dependence of technology (b44)
Technical maturity (b45)
Social (A5)Policy applicability (b51)
Social recognition (b52)