Selection of Desalination System for Commercial Vessels by Implementing Improved Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS Method

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Rank</td><td class="align_center">Desalination system</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 13.2224ptpx;"><svg height="14.9034pt" id="M83" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.7219 13.2224 14.9034" width="13.2224pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,.672,-2.695)"><path d="M658 624L641 649C599 612 554 595 493 595C444 595 402 603 342 615C268 634 232 641 184 641C129 641 57 621 0 557L17 532C67 566 113 586 176 586C230 586 265 577 316 565C380 550 430 540 482 540C540 540 611 558 658 624Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M41 650V615C111 608 121 602 121 516V134C121 48 111 42 32 35V0H289C413 0 518 27 592 83C668 141 717 229 717 351C717 446 678 517 628 564C564 625 467 650 341 650H41ZM255 540C255 569 257 586 265 595C272 602 292 609 328 609C397 609 450 589 491 547C537 502 566 426 566 331C566 152 474 43 340 43C270 43 255 68 255 140V540Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.93,3.132)"><path d="M148 517C189 517 220 549 220 587C220 627 189 657 149 657C111 657 78 627 78 587C78 549 111 517 148 517ZM285 0V32C225 39 220 45 220 114V454C164 438 98 425 37 418V389C85 381 92 378 92 312V114C92 43 86 39 28 32V0H285Z"></path></g></svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>A1</b></td><td class="align_center">Freshwater generator</td><td class="align_center">0.441</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>A3</b></td><td class="align_center">Installation of a membrane filter in addition to existing mechanical + UV ballast water treatment systems</td><td class="align_center">–0.378</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><b>A2</b></td><td class="align_center">Reverse osmosis method</td><td class="align_center">–0.435</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Ranking of the most suitable desalination systems.</div>

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Table 8: Selection of Desalination System for Commercial Vessels by Implementing Improved Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS Method 