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xviii Acronyms

EU European Union
FBC Fluidized Bed Combustion
FGR Flue Gas Recirculation
FGD Flue Gas Desulfurization
FSI Furnace Sorbent Injection
GHG Greenhouse Gas
HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant
HC Hydrocarbon
HFCs Hydro Fluorocarbons
HHV Higher Heating Value
HTC Hydrothermal Conversion
HVAC Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
IAQ Indoor Air Quality
IDI Indirect Injection Engine
IEA International Energy Agency
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
IL Ionic Liquid
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
JKR Johnson, Kendall, and Roberts
LCA Life Cycle Analysis
LFL Lower Flammable Limit
LHS Left-Hand Side
LHV Lower Heating Value
LIFAC Limestone Injection into the Furnace and Activation of Calcium
Oxide
LLB Lurgi Lentjes Bischoff
MOF Metal–Organic Framework
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard
NGCC Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycles
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PBL Planetary Boundary Layer
PFBC Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor
PFC Perfluorinated Compound
PM Particulate Matter
Mass of particulate matter with particle diameters smaller than
PM 2.5
2.5 µm
Mass of particulate matter with particle diameters smaller than 10 µm
PM 10
Mass of particulate matter with particle diameters smaller than x µm
PM x
PSA Pressure Swing Adsorption
PZ Piperazine