| 2,4,5 T |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| °C |
Degrees Celsius |
| a |
Year (annum), 365 days |
| ADt |
Air-dried ton (of pulp) |
| APC(S) |
Air pollution control (system) |
| BAT |
Best available techniques |
| BEP |
Best environmental practices |
| BF |
Blast furnace |
| BOF |
Basic oxygen furnace |
| BOS |
Basic oxygen steel |
| C |
Chlorination bleaching stage using molecular chlorine dispersed dissolved in water (pulp and paper production) |
| CCMS |
Committee on Challenges of Modern Society |
| CHP |
Combined heat and power |
| CF |
Cupola furnace |
| CLRTAP |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| CNP |
2,4,6-Trichlorophenyl-4’-nitrophenyl ether |
| COCHILCO |
Comisión Chilena del Cobre (Chilean Copper Commission) |
| CORINAIR |
Core inventory of air emissions |
| CTMP |
Chemo-thermo-mechanical pulp |
| CUF |
Capacity Utilization Factor |
| D |
Chlorine dioxide bleaching stage using a water solution of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) (Section on pulp and paper production) |
| DCB |
Dichlorobenzene |
| dl-PCB |
Dioxin-like Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| DL |
Detection limit |
| d.m. |
Dry matter |
| E |
Extraction bleaching stage using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) |
| EAF |
Electric arc furnace |
| ECF |
Elemental chlorine free (bleaching) |
| ECVM |
European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers |
| EDC |
1,2-Dichloroethane |
| EMEP |
Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESP |
Electrostatic precipitator |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| h |
Hour(s) |
| H2SO4 |
Sulfuric acid |
| ha |
Hectare(s) |
| HCB |
Hexachlorobenzene |
| HW |
Hazardous waste |
| I-TEF |
International Toxicity Equivalency Factor |
| I-TEQ |
International Toxic Equivalent |
| IF |
Induction furnace |
| IPCS |
International Programme on Chemicals Safety (of the World Health Organisation) |
| IPPC |
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (of the European Union) |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| K |
(Degree) Kelvin |
| kPa |
Kilo Pascal (= one thousand Pascal) |
| L |
Liter |
| LPG |
Liquefied petroleum gas |
| LOI |
Loss of ignition (a measure for residual carbon content) |
| LoC |
Level of Confidence |
| LOQ |
Limit of quantification |
| LPG |
Liquefied petroleum gas |
| LS |
Liquid steel |
| m |
Meter |
| m³ |
Cubic meter (typically under operating conditions without normalization to, e.g., temperature, pressure, humidity) |
| Mg |
Magnesium but see also: megagram (under units) |
| MSW |
Municipal solid waste |
| NA |
Not applicable (not a relevant release vector) |
| NaOH |
Sodium hydroxide |
| Na2S |
Sodium sulfide |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCASI |
National Council (of the Paper Industry) for Air and Steam Improvement, Inc. |
| N-TEQ |
Toxic equivalent using the Nordic scheme (commonly used in the Scandinavian countries) |
| ND |
Not determined/no data (in other words: so far, no measurements available) |
| NFR |
Nomenclature For Reporting |
| NIP |
National Implementation Plan (under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants) |
| Nm³ |
Normalized (standard) cubic meter; the volume a gas occupies at atmospheric pressure (1,013 mbar) and 273.15 K (0°C) |
| o |
ortho |
| O |
Oxygen bleaching stage (pulp and paper production) |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSPAR |
Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic |
| p |
para |
| PARCOM |
Paris-Oslo Commission |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDD |
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins |
| PXDD |
Polyhalogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins |
| PCDF |
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans |
| PXDF |
Polyhalogenated dibenzofurans |
| PeCBz |
Pentachlorobenzene |
| PCP |
Pentachlorophenol |
| PCP-Na |
Sodium pentachlorophenol |
| POPs |
Persistent organic pollutants |
| PRTR |
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register |
| PTS |
Persistent toxic substances |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl chloride |
| RDF |
Refuse derived fuel |
| rpm |
Revolutions per minute |
| SCR |
Selective catalytic reduction/reaction |
| SI |
International system of units |
| SNAP |
Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution |
| t |
Ton (metric) |
| TCB |
Trichlorobenzene |
| TCF |
Totally chlorine free (bleaching) |
| TEF |
Toxicity Equivalency Factor |
| TEQ |
Toxic Equivalent
Note: For the purpose of the Toolkit, there is no difference if concentrations or emission factors are reported in I TEQ or N TEQ or WHO-TEQ (for PCDD/PCDF only) |
| TMP |
Thermo-mechanical pulp |
| TRI |
Toxics Release Inventory |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator (the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web) |
| UV |
Ultra-violet |
| VCM |
Vinyl chloride monomer |
| VSK |
Vertical shaft kilns |
| WEC |
World Energy Council |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
