Terms to be Explained
| AAplc | Anglo American plc |
| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA | Anglo Coal Australia |
| AC | Anglo Coal |
| AGR(U) | Acid Gas Removal (Unit) |
| Al2O3 | Aluminium oxide |
| Anglo | Anglo American plc |
| APEL | Australian Power and Energy Ltd |
| ASU | Air Separation Unit |
| ASX | Australian Stock Exchange |
| AUD or A$ | Australian Dollar |
| BOD | Basis of Design |
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| bpd or b/d | Barrel per day |
| Bt | Billion tonnes |
| C or oC | Degree Celsius |
| Ca | Calcium |
| CaO | Calcium oxide |
| Ca(OH)2 | Calcium hydroxide |
| CAPEX | Capital expenditure |
| CCS | Carbon Capture & Storage |
| CCT | Clean coal technology |
| CEDA | Committee for economic development Australia |
| CH4 | Methane |
| Cl | Chlorine |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CO2CRC | Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies |
| COS | Carbonyl sulphide |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation |
| CTL | Coal to liquids |
| db | Dry basis |
| D / E | Debt to equity ratio |
| DEA | Diethanolamine |
| DOE | Department of Energy (United States) |
| DPI | Department of Primary Industries (Victoria) |
| DSE | Department
of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria)
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| EES | Environmental Effects Statement |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
| EIS | Environmental impact statement |
| EL | Exploration Licence |
| ELA | Exploration Licence Application |
| EOR | Enhanced oil recovery |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Authority |
| EPC | Engineering, procurement and construction |
| EPCM | Engineering, procurement, construction and management |
| ETIS | Energy Technology Innovation Strategy |
| EU | Emission units |
| EUR | Euro |
| F | Degrees Fahrenheit |
| FE | Future Energy |
| Fe | Iron |
| FEED | Front end engineering design |
| FT | Fischer-Tropsch |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| GE | General Electric |
| GEODISC | Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide (project) |
| GES | Generator Efficiency Standards |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GJ | Gigajoule (1 x 109 Joule) |
| GJ / h | Gigajoule per hour |
| Govt. | Government |
| GTG | Gas turbine generator |
| GTL | Gas to liquids |
| GWh | Gigawatt hour |
| H2 | Hydrogen |
| H2S | Hydrogen sulphide |
| HAZID | Hazard Identification Study |
| HAZOP | Hazard and Operability Study |
| HCN | Hydrogen cyanide |
| HHV | Higher heating value |
| HP | High pressure |
| HRSG | Heat Recovery Steam Generator |
| HSE | Health Safety and Environment |
| HTW | High Temperature Winkler |
| Hz | Hertz |
| IDGCC | Integrated Drying Gasification Combined Cycle |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IGCC | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle |
| JORC | Joint Ore Reserves Committee - Australasian code for reporting of identified mineral resources and ore reserves |
| JV | Joint venture |
| K2O | Potassium oxide |
| kg | Kilogram |
| kms | Kilometres |
| KOH | Potassium hydroxide |
| kPag or kPa | Kilopascal |
| kt | Kilotonne |
| ktpa | Kilotonne per annum |
| kW | Kilowatt |
| LHV | Lower heating value |
| LP | Low pressure |
| LPG | Liquefied petroleum gas |
| LSDP | Large scale demonstration project |
| LV | Latrobe Valley |
| MBA | Mobile bed absorber |
| MBR | Membrane biological reactor |
| MDEA | Methyldiethanolamine |
| Mg | Magnesium |
| mg / l | Milligrams per litre |
| MgO | Magnesium oxide |
| MHF | Major Hazard Facilities |
| MJ | Megajoule (1 x 106 Joules) |
| Ml | Megalitre |
| ML | Mining Licence |
| Mlpa | Million litres per annum |
| mm | Millimeter |
| MP | Medium pressure |
| MRET | Mandatory Renewable Energy Target |
| MTE | Mechanical thermal expression |
| Mtpa | Million tonnes per annum |
| MW | Megawatt |
| MWh | Megawatt hours |
| N2 | Nitrogen |
| Na | Sodium |
| Na2O | Sodium oxide |
| NEMMCO | National Electricity Market Management Company |
| NGCC | Natural gas combined cycle |
| NH3 | Ammonia |
| NOx | Nitrogen oxides |
| NOK | Norwegian kroner |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| NWSE | Net wet specific energy |
| O2 | Oxygen |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPEC | Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPEX | Operating expenditure |
| Pa | Per annum |
| PCI | Pulverised Coal Injection |
| pH | Acidity level |
| PJ | petajoule (1 x 1015 Joule) |
| Platts | Platts Energy Services |
| ppm | Parts per million |
| ppmw | Parts per million by weight |
| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| PSA | Pressure Swing Absorption |
| QRA | Quantitative Risk Analysis |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RD&D | Research Development and Demonstration |
| RFP | Request for proposal |
| RO | Reverse osmosis |
| RT | Real terms |
| S | Sulphur |
| S&SD | Safety & Sustainable Development |
| SACS | Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage |
| SCGP | Shell Coal Gasification Process |
| SECV | State Electricity Commission of Victoria |
| SIL | Safety Integrity Level |
| SiO2 | Silica |
| SMS | Safety Management System |
| SOR | Statement of Requirements |
| SOx | Sulphur dioxide and trioxide (combined) |
| SRU | Sulphur recovery unit |
| SSS | Sour slurry stripper |
| STG | Steam turbine generator |
| SWOP | Saline Waste Outfall Pipeline |
| SWS | Sour water stripper |
| TDS | Total dissolved solids |
| t/d | Tonnes per day |
| t/h | Tonnes per hour |
| TiO2 | Titanium dioxide |
| tpa | Tonnes per annum |
| tpd | Tonnes per day |
| TPC | Total plant cost |
| TDS | Total dissolved solids |
| USD or US$ | US Dollar |
| US DOE | US Department of Energy |
| US or USA | United States of America |
| Vol | Volume |
| VPLP | Victorian Power and Liquids Project |
| % v/v | Volume percent |
| VWA | Victorian WorkCover Authority |
| WACC | Weighted average cost of capital |
| WESP | Wet electrostatic precipitator |
| WTA | Wirbelschicht-Trocknung mit interner Adwarmenutzung (fluidised-bed drying with internal waste heat utilisation) |
| % w/w | Weight percent |
| ZLD | Zero liquids discharge |
| Zn | Zinc oxide |
