Common Abbreviations
Abbreviation Abbreviation Expanded
ACC American Chemistry Council
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
BFD Block Flow Diagram
BSc Bachelor of Science
CAM Compliance Assurance Monitoring
CCPS Center for Chemical Process Safety
CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CFB Circulating Fluidized Bed
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGA Compressed Gas Association
CTL Coal-to-liquids
CWA 316 Clean Water Act §316, regulating cooling water intake structures
CWIS Cooling Water Intake Structure
EAF Environmental Assessment Form
EH & S Environmental Health and Safety
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPACT 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GTL Gas-to-Liquids
HAZOPs Hazardous Operations
HMBs Heat & Material Balance
IPSG International Process Safety Group
kg/month kilograms per month
lb. mol/h pound-moles per hour
lb/h pounds per hour
LDC Local Distribution Channel
LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas
Btu British Thermal Unit (measure of energy content)
Mcf thousand cubic feet
mmBtu million Btu
mmscfd million standard cubic feet per day
mol% molar%
Mscf thousand standard cubic feet
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NEPA National EPA
NOC Normal Operating Case
NSR New Source Review
O2 Oxygen
P & IDs Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams
PES Process Energy Solutions, LLC.
PFDs Process Flow Diagrams
PSC Public Service Commission
PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration
psi pounds per square inch
PTE Potential to Emit
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
scf standard cubic feet
scf/d standard cubic feet per day
SNG Substitute Natural Gas
SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
STG steam turbine generator
STPD short tons per day
SWPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Syngas Synthesis Gas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide)
synthesis gas Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide
T & E Threatened & Endangered [Species]
tpd tons per day
tpy tons per year
Ts & Cs Terms and Conditions
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS United States Geological Survey