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GLOSSARY
AAP

Army Ammunition Plant

AASHTO

CaCO3

C03 Calcium Carbonate

CaO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACFB

Calcium Oxide
CaSiO3

Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized Bed

ACI

Calcium Silicate
CEMA

American Concrete Institute

AEI

Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association

CEMS

Architectural and Engineering Instructions

AEL

Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems

CFHE

Allowable Emissions Limit

AFBMA

Closed Feedwater Heat Exchangers

cfm

Anti Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association

AGMA

Cubic feet per minute

CO2

American Gear Manufacturers Association

Al203

Carbon Dioxide
CPU

Aluminum Oxide
ANSI

Central Processing Unit

CR

American National Standards Institute

APHA

Concentration Ratio
CRT

American Public Health Association

AREA

Cathode Ray Tube

Cu

American Railway Association Standards

ASHREA

Copper
CuNi

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASME

Copper Nickel
DA

Deaerator
DAS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASYM

Data Acquisition System

EHE

American Society for Testing and Materials

BHN

External Heat Exchanger

EPA

Brinell Hardness Number

BOD

Environmental Protection Agency

F

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BOOS

Fahrenheit
FAC

Burner Out of Service

Btu

Free Available Chlorine

Fe

British thermal units

C

Iron
FeO3

Centigrade
Ca

Ferric Oxide
FD

Calcium
CAAA

Forced Draft
FGD

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

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FGR lb/ft3

Flue Gas Recirculation

FM

Pounds per cubic foot

LCCA

Factory Mutual
fpm

Life Cycle Cost Analysis

LEA

Feet per minute

fps

Low Excess Air

LED

Feet per second

FS

Light Emitting Diode

LNB

Full Scale
FT

Low NOx burner

LOI

Fluid Temperature
FW

Loss on ignition
LPG

Feedwater
gph

Liquified Petroleum Gas

mA

Gallons per hour

HEI

Milliamp
MB

Heat Exchange Institute

HEMA

Million Btu
MFT

Heat Exchanger Manufacturers Association

HI

Main Fuel Trip

Mg

Hydraulics Institute
Hg

Magnesium
MgO

Mercury
hp

Magnesium Oxide
O Na2Si 3

Horsepower
HRA

Sodium Silicate
NaZ

Heat Recovery Area

HY

Sodium Zeolite
NEMA

Hemispherical Temperature
HVAC

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NFPA

Heat, Ventilating and Air Conditioning

ID

National Fire Protection Association

NO

Induced Draft
IES

Nitric Oxide
NO2

Illuminating Engineers Society

IR

Nitrogen Dioxide
N2O

Infrared
ISA

Nitrous Oxide
NOx

Instrument Society of America

IT

Oxides of Nitrogen
NPDES

Initial Deformation Temperature

K2O

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPSH

Potassium Oxide
kv

Net Positive Suction Head

NPSHA

Thousand volt
lb

Net Positive Suction Head Available

NPSHR

Pound Glossary-2

Net Positive Suction Head Required

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02 RO

Oxygen
OFA

Reverse Osmosis
ROM

Overfire Air
OSHA

Run-of-mine
rpm

Occupational Safety and Health Act

PA

Revolutions per minute

RTD

Primary Air
PC

Resistance Temperature Detector

scfm

Personal Computer
PC

Standard cubic feet per minute

SCR

Programmable Controller
PC

Selective Catalytic Reduction Silicon Controlled Rectifier

SH

Pulverized Coal
PCB

Superheat
SiO2

Polychlorinated Biphenyl
pcf

Silica Dioxide
SNCR

Pounds per cubic foot

piw

Selective Noncatalytic Reduction

SO2

Pounds per inch width

pph

Sulfur Dioxide
SSU

Pounds per hour

ppi

Saybolt Seconds Universal

ST

Pounds per ply inch

ppm

Softening Temperature
TDS

Parts per million

psf

Total Dissolved Solids

TiO2

Pounds per square foot

psi

Titanium Dioxide
tph

Pounds per square inch

psig

Tons per hour

TSS

Pounds per inch gauge

RA

Total Suspended Solids

UHMW

Relative Accuracy
RATA

Ultra High Molecular Weight

UPS

Relative Accuracy Test Audit

RDF

Uninterruptable Power Supply

uv

Refuse Derived Fuel

RMA

Ultraviolet
wg

Rubber Manufacturers Association

Water gauge

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