APPENDICESCO2 CO2CRC COE CS CSLF CSM/IFP CT CTG CTL DCL DCS DDGS DKRW DOE DRB EIA EOR EPA ppsx

C
O
2
c
arbon dioxide
CO
2
CRC Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
COE cost of electricity
CS carbon sequestration
CSLF Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
CSM/IFP Colorado School of Mines/Instituit Français du Petrole
CT cooling tower
CTG coal to gas
CTL coal to liquid
DCL direct coal to liquids
DCS distributed control systems
DDGS distillers dried grains with solubles
DKRW Doyle Kelly Ramm & White Energy, LLC
DOE Department of Energy
DRB
demonstrated reserve base
EIA
Energy Information Administration
EOR enhanced oil recovery
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EP
Act2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005
EPIC Econo-Power International Corporation
ESA
Economics and Statistics Administration

ESP electrostatic precipitators
FEED front end engineering and design
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FF fabric filter
FGD flue gas desulfurization
FT Fischer-Tropsch
GCCC
Gulf Coast Carbon Center
GCCI
Global Climate Change Initiative
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GE
General Electric
GHG
greenhouse gas
GOM Gulf of Mexico
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G
RE Great River Energy
Gt gigaton
GVW Gross Vehicle Weight
GW gigawatt
GW
E
gigawatt of electricity
H

2
hydrogen
H
2
SO
4
sulfuric acid
HCl hydrogen chloride
HCN hydrogen cyanide
HF hydrogen fluoride
HFCS high fructose corn syrup
HHV high heating value
HRI Hydrocarbon Research, Inc.
HTF Highway Trust Fund
HTI
Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc.
ICL
indirect coal to liquids
ICM intracytoplasmic membranes
ITP Industrial Technologies Program
IEA
International Energy Authority
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
IOF
Industries of the Future
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITM ion transport membrane
kWh kilowatt-hour
LFC liquids from coal
LHV lower heating value

LNG liquefied natural gas
LPG
liquefied petroleum gas
M85
85% methanol, 15% gasoline
Mcf
thousand cubic feet
MEA
monoethanolamine
MEPI
Midwest Ethanol Producers
MITRE company name, not an acronym
M
Mbbl/d million barrels per day
MMBtu million British thermal units
mt million tons
MTBE methyl tertiary-butyl ether
MW megawatt
MW/HR megawatt per hour
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NACC North American Coal Corporation
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATCARB National Carbon Sequestration Database and
Geographical Information System
NCC National Coal Council
NETL
National Energy Technology Laboratory
NG natural gas
NGL natural gas liquids
NGCC natural gas combined cycle

NH
3
ammonia
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMA National Mining Association
NO
X
nitrogen oxide
NPC National Petroleum Council
NSPS
New Source Performance Standards
NSR New Source Review
O&M operations and maintenance
OCDC Ohio Cooperative Development Center
OIL Oil India Ltd.
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSM Office of Surface Mining
PAC powdered activated carbon
PC pulverized coal
PCC pulverized coal combustion
PC/CFB
pulverized coal/circulating fluidized bed
PC/SC
pulverized coal-fired supercritical steam cycles
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P
EM polymer electrolyte membrane

PM particulate matter
PRB Powder River Basin
psi pounds per square inch
R&D research and development
RD&D research, development and demonstration
RFS renewable fuels standard
SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy for Users
SCPC
supercritical pulverized coal
SCR selective catalytic reduction
SDA spray dryer absorption
SECA
Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance
SMCRA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
SMR steam methane reforming
SNCR selective non-catalytic reduction
SO
2
sulfur dioxide
st/d standard tons per day
SU/SD start up/shut down
Tcf trillion cubic feet
tpy tons per year
USACE
United States Army Corps of Engineers
USC Ultra Supercritical
USCPCC Ultra Supercritical Pulverized Coal Combustion
USGS United States Geological Survey
VEETC Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit

VOC volatile organic compounds
WFGD wet flue gas desulfurization (wet scrubbing)
WMPI Waste Management & Processors, Inc.
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