Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy (2011)
Chapter: Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
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"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2011. Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13105.
Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
| BCAP | Biomass Crop Assistance Program |
| BioBreak | Biofuel breakeven model |
| BOD | Biological oxygen demand |
| CBOB | Conventional blendstock for oxygenate blending |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CPI | Consumer price index |
| CRP | Conservation Reserve Program |
| CWD | Coarse woody debris |
| DDGS | Dried distillers grains with solubles |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| E10 | A blend of up to 10-percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline |
| E15 | A blend of up to 15-percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline |
| E85 | A blend of up to 85-percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline. For the past several years, E85 sold in the United States has averaged about 75-percent ethanol. |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPAct | Energy Policy Act |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration |
| EISA | Energy Independence and Security Act |
| ETBE | Ethyl tertiary butyl ether |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2011. Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13105.
| FAME | Fatty acid methyl ester |
| FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
| FASOM | Forest and agricultural sector optimization model |
| FCC | Fluidized catalytic cracking |
| FFV | Flex-fuel vehicle |
| F-T | Fischer-Tropsch |
| GE | General equilibrium |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GMS | Groundwater monitoring system |
| GTAP | Global Trade Analysis Project |
| HSPF | Hydrological Simulation Program – Fortran |
| ILUC | Indirect land-use change |
| LCFS | Low-carbon fuel standard |
| LUC | Land-use change |
| MTBE | Methyl tertiary butyl ether |
| NASQAN | National Stream-Quality Accounting Network |
| NAWQA | National Water-Quality Assessment |
| NEQA | National Environmental Quality Act |
| NEXRAD | Next-generation radar |
| NH3 | Ammonia |
| NIPF | Nonindustrial private forest |
| NPV | Net present value |
| NMHCs | Nonmethane hydrocarbons |
| NO2 | Nitrous oxide |
| NO3 | Nitrate |
| NOx | Nitrous oxides |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NWOS | National Woodland Owner Survey |
| O3 | Ozone |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PE | Partial equilibrium |
| PM | Particulate matter |
| POLYSYS | Policy analysis system model |
| QUAL2K | River and stream water quality model |
| RBOB | Reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending |
| REIT | Real estate investment trust |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2011. Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13105.
| RFS | Renewable Fuel Standard |
| RINs | Renewable identification numbers |
| RUSLE | Revised universal soil loss equation |
| RVP | Reid vapor pressure |
| SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| SO2 | Sulfur dioxide |
| SOC | Soil organic carbon |
| SOM | Soil organic matter |
| SPARROW | Spatially referenced regressions on watershed attributes |
| SRWC | Short-rotation woody crops |
| SWAT | Soil and water assessment tool |
| TIMO | Timber Investment Management Organization |
| TMDL | Total maximum daily loads |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| VEETC | Volumetric ethanol excise tax credit |
| VOCs | Volatile organic compounds |
| WASP | Water quality analysis simulation program |
| WIC | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children |
| WTA | Willingness to accept |
| WTP | Willingness to pay |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2011. Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13105.
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