ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 1371
TCER—Target Carbon Emission Rate
TCF—Totally Chlorine Free
TCI—Total Capital Investment
TCLP—Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
(Potential) (U.S.)
TCN—Technical Cooperation Network
TCP—Trichloropropane
TCR—Total Coliform Rule
TCU—True Color Unit
TDH—Total Dynamic Head
TDI—Tolerable Daily Intake
TDI—Toluene-2,4-Diisocyanate
TDS—Total Dissolved Solids
TEA—Triethanolamine
TEB—Total Exchangeable Bases
TECSEC—Technical Secretariat
TEL—Tetraethyl Lead
TEL—Total Energy Line
TEM—Total Extractable Matter
TEOM—Tapered Elemental Oscillating Microbalance
TEQ—Toxic Equivalent
TFAP—Tropical Forestry Action Plan
TFE—Tetrafluoroethylene
T4CB—3,3,4,4-Tetrachlorinated Biphenyl
THAA—Total Haloacetic Acids
THC—Thermohaline Circulation
THC—Total Hydrocarbon
THESUS—Thermal Solar European Power Station
THF—Tetrahydrofuran
THM—Chloro-Organics
THM—Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical
THM—Trihalomethane
ThOD—Theoretical Oxygen Demand
THORP—Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
3P—Pollution Prevention Pays
TI—Tobacco Institute
TIC—Total Industry Control
TIE—Toxicity Investigation Evaluation
TIEL—Toxicologically Insignificant Exposure Limit
TIO—Technology Innovation Office (U.S.)
TISE—Take It Somewhere Else
TKN—Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
TL—Threshold Limit
TLC—Total Lung Capacity
TL, m—Threshold Limit, median
TLV—Threshold Limit Value
TM—Thematic Mapper
TMDL—Total Maximum Daily Load
TMI—Three Mile Island
TMP—Transmembrane Pressure
TN—Total Nitrogen
TNCB—Trinitrochlorobenzene
TNO—Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research
TNO—Total Number of Organisms
TNRCC—Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
TOC—Total Organic Carbon
toe—Tonnes Oil EquivalentTOGA—Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
TOMS—Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TOX—Tetradichloroxylene
TP—Total Phosphorous
TPA—Tetraphthalic Acid
TPH—Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
TPL—Trust for Public Lands
TPP—Tripolyphosphate
TPU—Thermal Processing Unit
TPV—Third-Party Verification
TQ—Threshold Quantity
TQM—Total Quality Management
TRE—Total Resource Effectiveness
TRE—Toxicity Reduction Evaluation
TRI—Toxics Release Inventory (U.S.)
TRIP—Trade Related Intellectual Property
TRS—Total Reduced Sulfur
TS—Total Solids
TSA—Technical Systems Audit
TSCA—Toxic Substances Control Act (U.S.)
TSCATS—Toxic Substances Control Act Test
Submission
TSDF—Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility
TSDHW—Transportation, Storage and Disposal of
Hazardous Wastes
TSE—Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
TSP—Total Soluble Phosphorous
TSP—Total Suspended Particulates
TSS—Total Suspended Solids
TT—Treatment Technique
TTHM—Total Trihalomethane
TTNBS—Technology Transfer Network Bulletin System
TTO—Total Toxic Organics
TTO—Troposphere Ozone
TTT & O—Time, Temperature, Turbulence and Oxygen
TUC—Trades Union Congress (UK)
TVC—Thermal Vapor Compression
TVO/IVO—Finnish Nuclear Organization
TWA—Time Weighted Average
TWh—Tetrawatt HoursUASB—Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (Bed)
UATI—Union of Technical Associations and Organizations
UBA—German Federal Environmental Agency
UC—Uniformity Coefficient
UCM—Unresolved Complex Mixtures
UCPC—Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter
UCS—Unconditioned Stimulus
UEIP—Use and Exposure Information Voluntary Project
(U.S.)
UEL—Upper Explosive Limit
UF—Ultrafiltration
UFL—Upper Flammability Limit
UKMO—UK Meteorological Office
UL—Underwriters Laboratories
ULCC—Ultra Large Crude Carrier
ULSD—Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel
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