LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AC
BEP
BHP
cfm
CA
CERCLA
CFR
CWA
DC
DOT
EPA
EPCRA
FC
FMEA
fPm
gpm
HAZWOPER
Alternating current
Best efficiency point
Brake horsepower
Cubic feet per minute
Cellulose acetate
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act
Code of Federal Regulations
Clean Water Act
Direct current
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act
Fan capacity
Failure mode and effects analysis
Feet per minute
Gallons per minute
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response
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HMTA
hP
I.D.
LEPC
LPG
ME
MSDS
NPSH
NPSHA
NPSHR
NPSHA
NRC
O.D.
O&M
OSHA
ov
PL
psi
psia
psid
Psig
PPE
PSM
PV
PVT
RCFA
RCRA
rpm
rpm2
rpm3
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Horsepower
Inside diameter
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Liquified petroleum gas
Mechanical efficiency
Material safety data sheets
Net positive suction head
Net positive suction head, available
Net positive suction head, required
Actual net positive suction head
National Response Center
Outside diameter
Operating and maintenance
Occupational Safety and Health Act (or Agency)
Outlet velocity
Packing length
Pounds per square inch
Pounds per square inch, absolute
Pounds per square inch, differential
Pounds per square inch, gauge
Personal protection equipment
Process safety management
Pressure-volume
Pressure-volume-temperature
Root cause failure analysis
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Rotating speed
Rotating speed, squared
Rotating speed, cubed
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Root Cause Failure Analysis
SARA
SE
SERC
SMP
SOP
SP
TDH
TIR
TP
TS
TSCA
TSH
vmz
VP
x, 2x, .
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Static efficiency
State Emergency Response Committee
Standard maintenance procedures
Standard operating procedures
Static pressure
Total dynamic head
Total indicated runout
Total pressure
Tip speed
Toxic Substances Control Act
Total system head