Carbon Management: Implications for R&D in the Chemical Sciences and Technology (2001)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Acronyms and Definitions
Annex 1 Developed countries that agreed to emissions commitments in the Kyoto Protocol negotiations
AOG Abundant oil and gas; a reference energy system
ATS Advanced turbine systems
Carbon intensity Carbon per unit energy
CANDU Canada Deuterium Uranium
CBF Coal bridge to the future—a reference energy system
DOE Department of Energy
EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration
EOR Enhanced oil recovery
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ESP Electrostatic precipitation
FCC Fluid catalytic cracker
FCCC See UNFCCC
FGC Fuel gas desulfurization
GDP Gross domestic product
GNP Genetically modified organisms
GMO Gross national (or world) product
GRAS Generally recognized as safe
GtC Gigatonnes carbon (109 tons)
HRSG Heat recovery steam generator
ICM Industrial Carbon Management
IEA International Energy Agency
IGCC Integrated gasification combined cycle
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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LCI Life cycle inventory
Mw(e) Megawatts of electric power
NGO Non-governmental organization
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OGF Same as AOG
oxyfuel Fuel burned in oxygen that has been separated from air prior to burning.
PCC Post-combustion capture
PCDC Pre-combustion decarbonization
PET polyethylene teraphthalate
PLA Polylactic acid
PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
ppmv Parts per million volume
PSI Pounds per square inch
PV Photovoltaic
Quad 1015 BTU. This is approximately equal to 0.2 billion tonnes of carbon
SCFD Standard cubic feet per day
ton 2000 lb, used by some writers. See tonne,
tonne Metric ton, equal to 2202 lb. The standard unit for projection is tonnes of carbon. This should be differentiated from tonnes of CO2, which is a factor of 11/3 larger than tonnes carbon
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Also FCCC
