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Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acetyl-CoA |
Acetyl-coenzyme A |
B20 |
A blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel and is the most common biodiesel blend in the United States |
B100 |
100 percent biodiesel |
CAFOs |
Concentrated animal feeding operations |
CO |
Carbon monoxide |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
DAF |
Dissolved air flotation |
DAP |
diammonium phosphate |
DGAT |
Diacylglycerol acyltransferase |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
DOE-EERE |
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
DW |
Dry weight |
E10 |
A blend of up to 10 percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline |
E15 |
A blend of up to 15 percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline |
E85 |
A blend of up to 85 percent ethanol and the balance petroleum-based gasoline. For the past several years, E85 sold in the United States has averaged about 75 percent ethanol. |
EIOLCA |
Economic input-output approach to life-cycle assessment |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EROI |
Energy return on investment |
EROWI |
Energy return on water invested |
FAME |
Fatty-acid methyl ester |
FFV |
Flex fuel vehicle |
F-T |
Fischer-Tropsch |
GBEP |
Global Bioenergy Partnership |
GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
GIS |
Geographic information systems |
GREET |
Greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, and energy use in transportation |
IH2 |
Integrated hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion |
ILUC |
Indirect land-use change |
KOH |
Potassium hydroxide |
LCA |
Life-cycle assessment |
LUC |
Land-use change |
N |
Nitrogen |
NASA |
National Aeronautic and Space Administration |
NER |
Net energy ratio |
NEV |
Net energy value |
NH3 |
Ammonia |
NOx |
Nitrogen oxides |
NRC |
National Research Council |
OBP |
Office of the Biomass Program |
OMEGA |
Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae |
P |
Phosphorus |
PAR |
Photosynthetically active radiation |
R&D |
Research and development |
RNA |
Ribonucleic acid |
RSB |
Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels |
Rubisco |
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase |
Si |
Silicon |
SO2 |
sulfur dioxide |
SVR |
Surface to volume ratio |
TAGs |
Triacylglycerols |
TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
VCSS |
Vapor compression steam stripping |
VOCs |
Volatile organic compounds |
WWTP |
Wastewater treatment plant |