Acronyms and Units

Acronyms

ADM Archer Daniels Midland
AR Afforestation/Reforestation
ARS Fifth Assessment Report
BECCS Bioenergy with CCS
BIG Biomass Integrated Gasification
CCPI Clean Coal Power Initiative
CCS Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
CCU Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
CDR Carbon Dioxide Removal
DAC Direct Air Capture
DOE Department of Energy
EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ETS Emissions Trading System
EU European Union
FGD Flue Gas Desulfurization
GHGT International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
ICCDR International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Removal
ICCS Industrial CCS
IEA International Energy Agency
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MMV Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification
MOF Metal-Organic Framework
NER New Entrants Reserve
NET Negative Emissions Technology
NGCC Natural Gas Combined Cycle
NIMBY Not in My Backyard
PC Pulverized Coal
PUC Public Utilities Commission
R&D Research and Development
SCPC Supercritical Pulverized Coal
SRM Solar Radiation Management
TRIG Transport Integrated Gasification
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US United States
USGS US Geological Survey

Units

bar measurement of pressure equal to 0.987 atmospheres
bbl barrel, measurement of volume equal to 42 gallons
C Celsius, measurement of temperature equal to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit
g gram, measurement of mass, 454 g equals 1 pound
J Joule, measurement of energy, 1060 J equals 1 Btu (British thermal unit)
m meter, measure of length equal to 3.3 feet
ppm part per million, measure of concentration
t tonne or metric ton, equal to 1000 kilograms or 2204.6 pounds
W Watt, measure of power
Wh Watt-hour, measure of energy, equal to 3600 J

Unit Prefixes

c centi 10-2
k kilo 103
m mega 106
g giga 109
t tera 1012
e exa 1018

Unit Subscripts

e electrical
th thermal

Chemical Formulas

CH4 Methane
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
H2 Hydrogen
H2O Water or water vapor
H2S Hydrogen sulfide
N2 Nitrogen
N2O Nitrous oxide
NOx Nitrogen oxides
O2 Oxygen
SO2 Sulfur dioxide