Fuzzy rule-based classification of complex biogas energy projects

Abstract

The work is devoted to the problems analyzing the effectiveness of projects in the field of biogas energy. The purpose of the work is to build an intellectual toolkit for classifying innovative bioenergy projects. To form a variety of classification characteristics, it is proposed to use the Ishikawa cause-and-effect diagram, which makes it possible to systematize the factors influencing the features of the project. The specifics of biogas technologies, associated with the possibility of generating not only electrical but thermal energy, as well as waste disposal and the production of organic fertilizers, are taken into account by introducing an additional group of factors reflecting the need for these types of products. Expert technologies for assessing factors led to the use of the methodology of fuzzy analysis. The constructed classification procedure is based on a system of fuzzy production rules that reflect the cause-and-effect relationships of the subject area.The developed tools make it possible to reduce the labor intensity of comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation of innovative bioenergy projects by identifying the class of compared projects.