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Abbreviations, Symbols and Units Used in Text

By David A. J. Rand (eds)
From Clean Energy

Abbreviations

a.c.

alternating current

AFC

alkaline fuel cell

AFV

alternate fuelled vehicles

AGM

absorptive glass-mat

AGR

advanced gas-cooled reactor

ALABC

Advanced Lead - Acid Battery Consortium

BESS

battery energy storage systems

BEV

battery electric vehicle

BP

British Petroleum Company

BWR

boiling water reactor

CAES

compressed air energy

CBM

storage coal bed methane

CCGT

combined-cycle gas turbine

CHP

combined heat and power (co-generation)

CNG

compressed natural gas

CRT

continuously regenerating trap

d.c.

direct current

DG

distributed generation

DHW

domestic hot water

DMFC

direct methanol fuel cell

DoD

depth- of- discharge (for batteries)

DVDs

digital versatile discs

EG

embedded generation

ESES

electrostatic energy storage

EV

electric vehicle

FBR

fast breeder reactor

FC

fuel cell

FCV

fuel cell vehicle

FGD

flue gas desulfurization

GTL

gas-to-liquid (conversion)

HDR

hot dry rocks

HEV

hybrid electric vehicle

HHV

higher heating value

HRSG

heat recovery steam generator

HT

high temperature

HTGCR

high temperature gas-cooled reactor

ICEV

internal-combustion engine vehicle

ICT

information and communications technology

IEA

International Energy Agency

IGCC

integrated gasification combined cycle

IPCC

Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change

ITER

International thermonuclear experimental reactor

JET

Joint European Torus

LED

light emitting diode

LEV

low emission vehicle

LH 2

liquid hydrogen

LHV

lower heating value

LNG

liquefied natural gas

LPG

liquefied petroleum gas

LRP

Lead replacement petroleum

LT

low temperature

MCFC

molten carbonate fuel cell

MOX

mixed oxide fuel

Mm

misch metal

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MSW

municipal solid waste

MT

medium temperature

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NGV

natural gas vehicle

NO x

nitrogen oxides

OECD
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