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Vision 21: Fossil Fuel Options for the Future
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACRONYMS
AR&TD
Advanced Research and Technology Development Program
ATS
Advanced Turbine System (Program)
CCT
Clean Coal Technology (Program)
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
FETC
Federal Energy Technology Center (now NETL)
FY
fiscal year
GE
General Electric Company
HAP
hazardous air pollutant
HHV
higher heating value
HIPPS
High Performance Power Plant System (Program)
IFC
indirectly fired cycle
IGCC
integrated-gasification combined-cycle
IGCCFC
IGCC/fuel cell
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Vision 21: Fossil Fuel Options for the Future
LHV
lower heating value
NETL
National Energy Technology Laboratory (formerly FETC)
NGCC
natural-gas combined-cycle
NRC
National Research Council
ODS
oxide-dispersion strengthened
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OFE
Office of Fossil Energy (DOE)
PCAST
President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
PFBC
pressurized fluidized-bed combustion
PM2.5
fine particulate matter
R&D
research and development
SCR
selective catalytic reduction
ABBREVIATIONS
Gmt
billion metric tonnes
GW
gigawatt
Mbbl
million barrels
MMBtu
million British Thermal Units (BTUs)
Mmt
million metric tonnes
NOx
oxides of nitrogen
ppm
parts per million
SO2
sulfur dioxide
tcf
trillion cubic feet
Tpd
tons per day
Twh
trillion watt hours
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