America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition (2009)
Chapter: Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
E
Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
3D three-dimensional
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AC alternating current
AEF America’s Energy Future
AEO Annual Energy Outlook
AEP American Electric Power Corporation
ASES American Solar Energy Society
bbl barrel
bbl/d barrel(s) per day
BEV battery-electric vehicle
BTL biomass-to-liquid
Btu British thermal unit
C Celsius
CAFE corporate average fuel economy
CBTL coal-and-biomass-to-liquid
CBFT coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuel, Fischer-Tropsch
CBMTG coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuel, methanol-to-gasoline
CCE cost of conserved energy
CCS carbon capture and storage
Cf californium
CFC chlorofluorocarbons
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFT coal-to-liquid fuel, Fischer-Tropsch
CH4 methane
CMTG coal-to-liquid fuel, methanol-to-gasoline
CO2 carbon dioxide
CO2 eq carbon dioxide equivalent
COL construction and operating license
CSP concentrating solar power
CTL coal-to-liquid fuel
DC direct current
DI&C digital instrumentation and control
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DSM demand-side management
EAF electric-arc furnace
EEB Energy Engineering Board
EGR enhanced gas recovery
EIA Energy Information Administration
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act
EOR enhanced oil recovery
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
EU European Union
F Fahrenheit
FACTS Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
FFB Federal Financing Bank
GDP gross domestic product
GE General Electric
GHG greenhouse gas
GJ gigajoule
Gt gigatonne
GW gigawatt
GWh gigawatt-hour
H2 hydrogen
H2O water
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HEV hybrid-electric vehicle
HFCV hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle
IDST improved decision-support technology
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
INL Idaho National Laboratory
IOU investor-owned utility
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPP independent power producer
ISL in situ leach
ITS Intelligent Transportation Society
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists
J joule
JCSP Joint Coordinated System Plan
km kilometer
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt-hour
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LCOE levelized cost of electricity
LDV light-duty vehicle
LLC limited liability corporation
LNG liquefied natural gas
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MW megawatt
MWh megawatt-hour
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NaS sodium-sulfur
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NEMS National Energy Modeling System
NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NGCC natural gas combined cycle
NRC National Research Council
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSB National Science Board
PC pulverized coal
PHEV plug-in hybrid vehicle
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PUC public utility commission
PUREX plutonium and uranium extraction
PV photovoltaic
quads quadrillion Btu
R&D research and development
RFF Resources for the Future
SGI Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
Shell Shell Frontier Oil and Gas, Inc.
SI spark-ignition
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPP Southwest Power Pool
t tonne
Tcf trillion cubic feet
T&D transmission and distribution
TRB Transportation Research Board
TWh terawatt-hour
USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
USPC ultrasupercritical pulverized coal
U-value heat-transfer coefficient
V carbon dioxide vented
W watt
Wh watt-hour
