| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEM | Discrete Element Method |
| SPAG | Small Particle Aerosol Generator |
| AIADC(3) | Ab Initio Third-order Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Green Function Method |
| ELA | Experimental Lakes Area (northwest Ontario) |
| BDST | Bed-depth Service Time |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| WPCP | Water Pollution Control Plant |
| EWS | Engineering Workstation |
| CADE | Computer Aided Deposit Evaluation |
| STLE | Society Of Tribologists And Lubrication Engineers |