| Abbreviation / Acronym |
Definition |
| AGR |
Acid Gas Removal |
| AGSD |
Advanced Gasification Systems Development |
| ANR |
American Natural Resources |
| APCI |
Air Products Chemicals, Inc. |
| ASTM |
American Standards for Testing and Materials |
| ASU |
Air Separation Unit |
| AUD |
Australian Dollars |
| bbl |
barrel |
| BEPC |
Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
| BFB |
Bubbling Fluidized-Bed |
| BFD |
Block Flow Diagram |
| BFW |
Boiler Feed Water |
| BLGCC |
Black Liquor Gasification Combined Cycle |
| BPD |
Barrels Per Day |
| BTL |
Biomass-to-Liquid |
| Btu |
British thermal unit |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAER |
Center for Applied Energy Research |
| CBTL |
Coal/Biomass-to-Liquid |
| CCS |
Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration) |
| CCT |
Clean Coal Technology |
| CFB |
Circulating Fluidized-Bed |
| CMC |
Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| COE |
Cost of Electricity |
| CoP |
Conoco Phillips |
| CSC |
Convective Syngas Cooler |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
| CTL |
Coal-to-Liquid |
| DCL |
Direct Coal Liquefaction |
| DGC |
Dakota Gasification Company |
| DME |
dimethyl ether |
| DOE |
United States Department of Energy |
| DSRP |
Direct Sulfur Reduction Process |
| EERE |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
| EOR |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| EP |
Elevated-Pressure |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPC |
Engineer, Procure, Contruct |
| EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| FB |
Fixed-Bed |
| FBDB |
Fixed-Bed Dry Bottom |
| FCC |
Fluidized Catalytic Cracking |
| FGD |
Flue Gas Desulfurization |
| FT |
Fischer-Tropsch |
| FTL |
Fischer-Tropsch Liquid |
| GE |
General Electric |
| GPGA |
Great Plains Gasification Association |
| GPSP |
Great Plains Synfuels Plant |
| GT |
Gas Turbine |
| GTC |
Gasification Technology Council |
| GTI |
Gasification Technology Institute |
| GTL |
Gas-to-Liquid |
| HHV |
Higher Heating Value |
| HP |
High Pressure |
| HRSG |
Heat Recovery Steam Generator |
| HTGC |
High Temperature Gas Cooling |
| HTU |
HydoTreating Unit |
| HTW |
High Temperature Winkler |
| ICL |
Indirect Coal Liquefaction |
| IGCC |
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle |
| IGFC |
Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell |
| IHI |
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Corporation, Ltd |
| IP |
Intermediate Pressure |
| ITM |
Ion-Transport Membrane |
| kWh |
kilowatt-hour |
| LCFS |
Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| LCOE |
Levelized Cost of Electricity |
| LGTI |
Louisiana Gasification Technology Inc. |
| LHV |
Lower Heating Value |
| LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LPMEOH |
liquid phase MeOH |
| LTGC |
Low Temperature Gas Cooling |
| LWA |
LightWeight Aggregates |
| MDEA |
Methyl DiEthanolAmine |
| MHI |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| MSW |
Municiple Solid Waste |
| MTG |
Methanol-to-Gasoline |
| MTO |
Methanol-to-Olefins |
| MTP |
Methanol-to-Propylene |
| NEDO |
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
| NGCC |
Natural Gas Combined Cycle |
| O&M |
Operations and Maintanance |
| OOIP |
Original Oil In-Place |
| OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PAFC |
Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell |
| PC |
Pulverized Coal |
| PDU |
Process Development Unit |
| PEFC |
Polymer Electolyte Fuel Cell |
| PFD |
Process Flow Diagram |
| POGT |
Partial Oxidation Gas Turbine |
| PRB |
Powder River Basin |
| PSA |
Pressure Swing Absorption |
| PSDF |
Power Systems Development Facility |
| psi |
pounds per square inch |
| psia |
pounds per square inch absolute |
| PWR |
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RAM |
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability |
| RD&D |
Research, Development and Demonstration |
| RDF |
Refuse Derived Fuel |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
| RSC |
Radiant Syngas Cooler |
| RSP |
Required Selling Price |
| RTI |
Research Triangle Institute |
| SASOL |
South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation Limited |
| scf |
standard cubic feet |
| SCOT |
Shell Claus Offgas Treatment |
| SCR |
Selective Catalytic Reduction |
| SECA |
Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance |
| SEP |
Subscale Engineering Prototype |
| SG |
Synthesis Gas |
| SGS |
SG Solutions LLC |
| SLA |
Slag-Based Lightweight Aggregate |
| SNG |
Synthetic Natural Gas |
| SOFC |
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell |
| SRU |
Sulfur Recovery Unit |
| STG |
Steam Turbine Generator |
| syngas |
synthesis gas |
| TDU |
Technology Development Unit |
| TEC |
Tampa Electric Company |
| TGTU |
Tail Gas Treating Unit |
| TPC |
Total Plant Cost |
| TPD |
Tons Per Day |
| TPH |
Tons Per Hour |
| TRI |
ThermoChem Recovery International |
| UCG |
Underground Coal Gasification |
| ULWA |
Ulta-LightWeight Aggregates |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| Vol |
Volume |
| W |
Watt |
| WGCU |
Warm Gas Clean-up |
| WGS |
Water Gas Shift |
| WGTD |
Warm Gas Transport Desulfurizer |
| WHB |
Waste Heat Boiler |
| WPC |
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation |
| WTE |
Waste-to-Energy |
ABOUT NETL
Deepwater Technology
