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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27732.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AMD acid mine drainage
AMMTO Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office
ARPA-E Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
BER Biological and Environmental Research
BES Basic Energy Sciences
BETO Bioenergy Technologies Office
BIPOC Black, Indigenous, and other people of color
BisA-PC bisphenol-A polycarbonate
BOF slag carbonated iron-making (basic oxygen furnace) slag
CBA community benefits agreement
CBB coal-based bricks and block
CBP community benefits plan
CCC carbon-carbon composite
CCR coal combustion residual
CCS carbon capture and storage
CCUS carbon capture, utilization, and storage
CDR carbon dioxide removal
CF carbon fiber
CI carbon intensity
CIFIA Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation program
CM critical mineral
CMM critical minerals and materials
CMU concrete masonry unit
CNF carbon nanofiber
CNFM carbon nanofilm
CNL carbon nanolayer
CNMO carbon nanomodifier
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27732.
CNR carbon nanorod
CNT carbon nanotube
CNW carbon nanowire
CO2RR CO2 reduction reaction
COBRA Co-Benefits Risk Assessment Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool (EPA)
CPC coal plastic composite
CQD carbon quantum dot
CTC carbon tubular cluster
CTEC carbon dioxide to elemental carbon
CVD chemical vapor deposition
DAC direct air capture
DEHPA bis-2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid
DMC dimethyl carbonate
DME dimethyl ether
DMF dimethylformamide
DOC direct ocean capture
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOE-LPO DOE Loan Programs Office
DOT Department of Transportation
EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EIA environmental impact assessment
EJ environmental justice
e-LCA environmental life cycle assessment
EOR enhanced oil recovery
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPD environmental product declaration
ERA environmental risk assessment
EV electric vehicle
FDM fused deposition modeling
FECM Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
FGD flue gas desulfurization
FOA funding opportunity announcement
FOAK first-of-a-kind
FPIC free, prior, and informed consent
GAIN Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program
GHG greenhouse gas
GPI Great Plains Institute
GQD graphene quantum dot
HCS hollow carbon sphere
HHS hydrophobic-hydrophilic separation
IEA International Energy Agency
IEDO Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office
IFC International Fire Code
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27732.
IIJA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
IL ionic liquid
IRA Inflation Reduction Act
LCA life cycle assessment
LCC life cycle costing
LIB lithium-ion battery
MEA monoethanolamide
MILP mixed integer linear programming
MMT million metric tons
MRV monitoring, reporting, and verification
MTPA million tonnes per annum
MWNT multi-walled nanotube
NBIC National Board Inspection Code
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NGP nanographite platelet
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAK nth-of-a-kind
NPC National Petroleum Council
NSF National Science Foundation
OPC ordinary Portland cement
OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PC photocatalytic
PCR preceramic polymer resin
PEC photoelectrochemical
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PM particulate matter
PV photovoltaic
PVC polyvinyl chloride
PV-EC photovoltaic and electrolyzer configuration
R&D research and development
RD&D research, development, and demonstration
REE rare earth element
REO rare earth oxide
RFI request for information
RWGS reverse water gas shift
SA sensitivity analysis
SAF sustainable aviation fuel
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research program
SC Office of Science
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27732.
SCM supplementary cementitious material
s-LCA social life cycle assessment
SOEC solid oxide electrolyzer cell
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer program
SWNT single-walled nanotube
TEA techno-economic assessment
TRL technology readiness level
UPGrants Utilization Procurement Grants program
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UV ultraviolet
WGS water gas shift
WLP Wood-Ljungdahl pathway
WRI World Resources Institute
XPS x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27732.
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