Glossary

AHAM = Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
ANSI = American National Standards Institute
APB = Atmospheric Protection Branch
APPCD = Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division
ASHRAE = American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers
BIGGT = Biomass-fueled Integrated-Gasifier Gas Turbine
CFC = Chlorofluorocarbons
CH₄ = Methane
CO = Carbon monoxide
CO₂ = Carbon dioxide
DARS = Data Attribute Rating System
EIIP = Emission Inventory Improvement Program
EOS = Equation of State
EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI = Electric Power Research Institute
FTIR = Fourier transform infrared
GC = Gas chromatograph
GHG = Greenhouse Gas
GloED = Global Emissions Database
GloTech = Global Technology
H₂ = Hydrogen
HBFC = Hydrobromofluorocarbons
HCFC = Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HFC = Hydrofluorocarbons
IC = Intelligent Control
IR = Infrared
MFC = Multi Fuel Combustor
MS = Mass Spectroscopy
MVAC = Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning
N₂0 = Nitrous oxide
NO_x = Nitrogen oxides
NRMRL = National Risk Management Research Laboratory
OAQPS = Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
ODS = Ozone Depleting Substances
ORD = Office of Research and Development
PV = Photovoltaic
PVT = Pressure-Volume-Temperature
R/F = Refrigerator/Freezer
SEE = Senior Environmental Employment
SO₂ = Sulfur dioxide
SLPM = Standard Liters Per Minute
Tg = Teragrams
TGA = Thermogravimetric Analyzer
VOC = Volatile Organic Compound

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