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Acetyl-CoA	Acetyl-coenzyme A
B20	A blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel and is the most common biodiesel blend in the United States
B100	100 percent biodiesel
CAFOs	Concentrated animal feeding operations
CO	Carbon monoxide
CO₂	Carbon dioxide
DAF	Dissolved air flotation
DAP	diammonium phosphate
DGAT	Diacylglycerol acyltransferase
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
DOE-EERE	U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
DW	Dry weight
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.
EIOLCA	Economic input-output approach to life-cycle assessment
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EROI	Energy return on investment

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EROWI	Energy return on water invested
FAME	Fatty-acid methyl ester
FFV	Flex fuel vehicle
F-T	Fischer-Tropsch
GBEP	Global Bioenergy Partnership
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GIS	Geographic information systems
GREET	Greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, and energy use in transportation
IH2	Integrated hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion
ILUC	Indirect land-use change
KOH	Potassium hydroxide
LCA	Life-cycle assessment
LUC	Land-use change
N	Nitrogen
NASA	National Aeronautic and Space Administration
NER	Net energy ratio
NEV	Net energy value
NH₃	Ammonia
NO_x	Nitrogen oxides
NRC	National Research Council
OBP	Office of the Biomass Program
OMEGA	Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae
P	Phosphorus
PAR	Photosynthetically active radiation
R&D	Research and development
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RSB	Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
Rubisco	Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase
Si	Silicon
SO₂	sulfur dioxide
SVR	Surface to volume ratio
TAGs	Triacylglycerols
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act
VCSS	Vapor compression steam stripping
VOCs	Volatile organic compounds
WWTP	Wastewater treatment plant

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