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GLOSSARY AND CONVENTIONS
GLOSSARY AND CONVENTIONS
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The electric utility industry, with its relatively predictable selling prices for electricity and stable production costs, can attract capital at a lower prime rate than, for example, the oil industry, where future product and feedstock prices are much less certain. Major investments are frequently split between a component with relatively assured, but lower, return and a higher-return component that will incur a larger risk.
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A Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflators has been used to adjust current dollars to 1992 dollar figures. An exception is DOE budget data, which are quoted in current dollars.
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ABB Asea Brown Boveri AFBC Atmospheric fluidized bed combustion Anthracite Highest rank of economically useable coal, with a heating value of 15,000 Btu per pound, carbon content of 86 to 97 percent, and moisture content of less than 15 percent APC Advanced pulverized coal APS Advanced power system AR&ET Advanced research and environmental technology AR&TD Advanced research and technology development ATS Advanced turbine system Baseload Baseload is the minimum amount of power required during a specified period at a steady state. bbl Barrel Bituminous coal Type of coal most commonly used for electric power generation, with a heating value of 10,500 to 15,000 Btu per pound, carbon content of 45 to 86 percent, and moisture content of less than 20 percent Btu British thermal unit CAAA Clean Air Act amendments CCT Clean coal technology CCTC Clean Coal Technology Coalition CE Combustion Engineering CH4 Methane Cl Chlorine CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide
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ECU European currency unit EFCC Externally fired combined-cycle EIA Energy Information Administration EMF Electromagnetic fields EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPACT Energy Policy Act of 1992 EPRI Electric Power Research Institute ESP Electrostatic precipitator EU European Union FBC Fluidized-bed combustion FE Fossil energy FGD Flue gas desulfurization F-T Fischer-Tropsch process; catalytic conversion of synthesis gas into a range of hydrocarbons.
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NSPS New Source Performance Standards NUG Non-utility generator O3 Ozone OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries PAFC Phosphoric acid fuel cell PC Pulverized coal Peak load Peak load (usually in reference to electrical load) is the maxi mum load during a specified period of time.
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SNG Synthetic natural gas SNOX Combined SO2 and NOX catalytic advanced flue gas cleanup SOFC Solid oxide fuel cell SOX Sulfur oxide SO2 Sulfur dioxide Synthesis gas Mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and other liquid and gaseous products Subbituminous coal Coal with a heating value of 8,300 to 11,500 Btu per pound, a carbon content of 35 to 45 percent, and a moisture content of 20 to 30 percent. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Organization established by the Energy Security Act of 1980 to facilitate the development of domestic nonconventional energy resources.
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