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Details Title Petroleum Acronyms Description N/A Total Cards 35 Subject Chemistry Created 10/25/2010

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Term ANWR	Definition Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
Term API	Definition American Petroleum Institute
Term BTU	Definition British Thermal Unit
Term CAFE	Definition Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Term CCS	Definition Carbon Capture and Storage
Term CHP	Definition Combined Heat and Power
Term DMFC	Definition Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Term DOE	Definition Department of Energy
Term EERE	Definition Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Term EPA	Definition Environmental Protection Agency
Term EIA	Definition Energy Information Administration
Term FCV	Definition Fuel Cell Vehicle
Term GAO	Definition General Accountability Office
Term GDP	Definition Gross Domestic Product
Term GHG	Definition Greenhouse Gas
Term ICE	Definition Internal Combustion Engine
Term IGCC	Definition Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Term IPCC	Definition Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Term kW	Definition Kilowatt
Term NREL	Definition National Renewable Energy Lab
Term LCA	Definition Life Cycle Analysis
Term LNG	Definition Liquefied Natural Gas
Term LOOP	Definition Louisiana Offshore Oil Platform
Term MFC	Definition Methanols Fuel-Cell
Term NO2	Definition Nitrogen Oxides
Term NGV	Definition Natural Gas Vehicle
Term OPEC	Definition Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires
Term PEM	Definition Proton Exchange Membrane
Term PZEV	Definition Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle
Term SOFC	Definition Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Term Sour Crude	Definition Contains HIGH concentrations of Sulfur
Term Sweet Crude	Definition Contains LOW concentration of Sulfur
Term Syngas	Definition Synthesis Gas; mostly hydrogen and carbon monoxide
Term WMO	Definition World Meteorological Organization
Term ZEV	Definition Zero Emission Vehicle

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