| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSWER | Office Of Solid Waste And Emergency Response (USEPA) |
| BOFSUW | Biodegradable Organic Fraction Of Solid Urban Waste |
| FOISD | Fiber Optic Isolated Spherical Dipole Antenna |
| CWS | Coal Water Slurry |
| DIBP | Diisobutyl Phthalate |
| BA | Best Atom (basis Set) |
| PLIF | Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| DETA | Dielectric Thermal Analysis |
| LLS | Laser Light Scattering |
| RREL | Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory |