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Emissions Standards Reference Guide: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Long Name:

Emission Standards Reference Guide Glossary: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Description:

A glossary of the acronyms and abbreviations used throughout the Federal Emission Standards guide.

Publishing Organization:

Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Transportation and Air Quality

Last Update:

September 24, 2009

Program Site:

https://www.epa.gov/emission-standards-reference-guide/basic-information-about-emission-standards-reference-guide-road

Terms & Acronyms

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	Term
	adjusted loaded vehicle weight	Acronym: ALVW
	air conditioning	Acronym: A/C
	all-terrain vehicle	Acronym: ATV
	American Gas Association	Acronym: AGA
	American National Standards Institute	Acronym: ANSI
	averaging, banking & trading	Acronym: ABT
	brake horsepower	Acronym: bhp
	carbon monoxide	Acronym: CO
	Clean Air Act	Acronym: CAA
	Clean Fuel Vehicle	Acronym: CFV
	Code of Federal Regulations	Acronym: CFR
	compressed natural gas	Acronym: CNG
	compression-ignition	Acronym: CI
	cubic centimeter	Acronym: cc
	E10	Definition: A Mixture Of 10 Percent Ethanol And 90 Percent Gasoline.
	Environmental Protection Agency	Acronym: EPA
	EPA's Certification And Compliance Division	Acronym: CCD
	Family Emission Limit	Acronym: FEL
	Federal Test Procedure	Acronym: FTP
	Geographic Phase-In Area	Acronym: GPA
	grams	Acronym: g
	grams per brake horsepower-hour	Acronym: g/bhp-hr
	grams per kilonewton	Acronym: g/kN
	grams per kilowatt-hour	Acronym: g/kW-hr
	grams per mile	Acronym: g/mi
	grams per minute	Acronym: gpm
	gross vehicle weight	Acronym: GVW
	gross vehicle weight rating	Acronym: GVWR
	heavy-duty diesel engine	Acronym: HDDE
	heavy-duty engine	Acronym: HDE
	heavy-duty vehicle	Acronym: HDV
	heavy heavy-duty diesel engine	Acronym: HHDDE
	heavy light-duty truck	Acronym: HLDT
	high sulfur (greater than 500 ppm sulfur)	Acronym: HS
	horsepower	Acronym: hp
	hydrocarbons	Acronym: HC
	hydrocarbons + nitrogen oxides	Acronym: HC+NOx
	Inherently Low Emission Vehicle	Acronym: ILEV
	International Civil Aviation Organization	Acronym: ICAO
	International Organization For Standardization	Acronym: ISO
	kilonewton	Acronym: kN
	kilowatt	Acronym: kW
	light-duty truck	Acronym: LDT
	light-duty truck 2	Acronym: LDT2
	light-duty truck 3	Acronym: LDT3
	light-duty truck 4	Acronym: LDT4
	light-duty vehicle	Acronym: LDV
	light heavy-duty diesel engine	Acronym: LHDDE
	light light-duty truck	Acronym: LLDT
	liquefied petroleum gas (Propane)	Acronym: LPG
	liter	Acronym: L
	loaded vehicle weight	Acronym: LVW
	locomotive and marine	Acronym: LM
	low emission vehicle	Acronym: LEV
	M10	Definition: A Mixture Of 10 Percent Methanol And 90 Percent Gasoline.
	maximum	Acronym: max
	medium-duty passenger vehicle	Acronym: MDPV
	medium heavy-duty diesel engine	Acronym: MHDDE
	megawatt	Acronym: mw
	mile	Acronym: mi
	miles per hour	Acronym: mph
	minimum	Acronym: min
	model year	Acronym: MY
	National Low Emission Vehicle	Acronym: NLEV
	natural gas vehicle	Acronym: NGV
	nitrogen oxides	Acronym: NOx
	nitrogen oxides + hydrocarbons	Acronym: NOx+HC
	non-methane hydrocarbon	Acronym: NMHC
	non-methane hydrocarbon equivalent	Acronym: NMHCE
	non-methane organic gases	Acronym: NMOG
	nonroad	Acronym: NR
	nonroad, locomotive, and marine	Acronym: NRLM
	not to exceed	Acronym: NTE
	on-board diagnostics	Acronym: OBD
	on-board refueling vapor recovery	Acronym: ORVR
	particulate matter	Acronym: PM
	parts per million	Acronym: ppm
	personal watercraft	Acronym: PWC
	pounds	Acronym: lbs
	rated output	Acronym: rO
	rated pressure ratio	Acronym: rPR
	revolutions per minute	Acronym: rpm
	seconds	Acronym: s
	smoke number	Acronym: SN
	Society Of Automotive Engineers	Acronym: SAE
	spark-ignition	Acronym: SI
	Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle	Acronym: SULEV
	Supplemental Federal Test Procedure	Acronym: SFTP
	thousand	Acronym: K
	total hydrocarbon equivalent	Acronym: THCE
	total hydrocarbons	Acronym: THC
	Transitional Low Emission Vehicle	Acronym: TLEV
	Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle	Acronym: ULEV
	Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule	Acronym: UDDS
	Zero Emission Vehicle	Acronym: ZEV

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