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Acronyms – Welding

abbrev define
# Number
A Amperes
A/C Air Conditioning
AC Alternating Current or Automation College
ACC Advanced Combustion Control
ACE Application Control Environment
ACIDP Advanced Control Interface Data Point
ACM Alarm Configuration Manager
AFCI Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter
AFM Advanced Formula Manager
AGA American Gas Association
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGI Application Graphic Interface
AHU Air Handling Unit
AI Analog Input
AIC Ampere Interrupting Capacity
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AL Aluminum
AM Application Module or Alarm Management
A-MC Advanced Multifunction Controller
AMPC Adaptive Multivariable Process Control
AMRI Application Module Redundancy Interface
AO� Analog Output
AOP Annual Operating Plan
AOSM� Analog Output Standby Manual
APAC Asia-Pacific
APC Advanced Process Control
APECS Application Programming Environment for Control and Simulation
API Application Programming Interface
APICS American Production Inventory Control Society
APM Advanced Process Manager
AR Action Request
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASM� Abnormal Situation Management
ATC Automatic Temperature Control
ATS Automatic Transfer Switch
AU Arithmetic Unit (number cruncher for processor)
AWG American Wire Gauge
AxM� Application Module X-Windows
B  
B&P� Bid and Proposal
BBU Battery Backup Unit
BC Batch Controller
BCM BizCalc Manager
BDW Business Decision Week
BG Benefits Guardianship
BG Max� Benefits Guardianship Maximum
BGP Benefits Guardianship Program
BGP Optima Benefits Guardianship Program Optima
BGP Performa Benefits Guardianship Program Performa
BGP Plus Benefits Guardianship Program Plus
BIOS� Basic Input/Output System
BIS Business Information System
BMA Blending Movement & Automation
BMM Blending and Movement Management
BOS Basic Operating System
BPC� Blend Property Control (refinery software package)
BPCS Basic Process Control System
BPS Bits Per Second
BRC Blend Ratio Control (refinery software package)
BTU British Thermal Units
C Conduit
C/B Circuit Breaker
C/S Client/Server
CAN Controller Area Network
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CAT� Customer Acceptance Test
CATV Cable Television or Community Antennae Television
CB Critical Branch
CB Controller Box (TDC2000 Basic Controller)
CBM Certified Ballast Manufacturer
CBM Condition-Based Maintenance
CCFA� Common Card File Assembly
CCM Client Configuration Manager (CM50N)
CCP Communication and Control Processor
CCR� Continuous Catalytic Regeneration
CCT Circuit (also: CIR, CKT)
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CD Candela
CD� Cross Direction Controls (Paper Machine)
CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CE Continuation Engineering
CE Conformite (or Communaute) Europeene (mark indicating EC compliance)
CE� Consulting Engineer
CE� Configuration Engineer
CEE Control Execution Environment
CEM Continuous Emissions Monitor
CEMS� Continuous Emissions Monitoring System
CFA�� Card File Assembly
CFR�� Code of Federal Regulations
CG Computer Gateway
CGMP Current Good Manufacturing Practice
CHP� Combined Heat and Power
CI Continuous Improvement
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIOM-A Chassis Input/Output Modules � Series A
CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection
CIR Circuit (also: CCT, CKT)
CIU Communication Interface Unit
CKT Circuit (also: CCT, CIR)
CL� Control Language
CL/AM� Control Language for Application Module
CL/PM� Control Language for Process Manager
CLF Current Limiting Fuse
C-LINK� Communications Link
CLM Communications Link Module
CLM-BB� Communications Link Module Bristol Babcock
CLM-T� Communications Link Module TIWAY (Texas Instruments tank gauging)
CM Commercial Management
CM�� Control Module
CM50 Computing Module
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMS� Conformance Management Services
CNI ControlNet Interface
CNM� Control Network Module (620 LCS)
COC� Certificate of Conformance
COE Center of Excellence
COGS Cost of Good Sold
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CPA Canada Pipeline Accessories
CPG Consumer Packaged Goods
CPN� Customer Priority Notice
CPT Control Power Transformer
CPU� Central Processing Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checking
CRC� Customer Response Center
CRP� Certified Recycled Parts
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSA� Checklist, Summary and Approvals
CSA�� Customer Support Automation
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
CT Current Transformer or Cycle Time
CU Copper
CU� Control Unit
DAS� Data Acquisition System
dB Decibel
DC Direct Current
DCIS Distributed Control and Information System
DCS Distributed Control System
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange (Microsoft interface)
DDT�� Data Definition Table
DE� Digitally Enhanced
DFM Design for Manufacturing
DFSS Design for Six Sigma
DH Data Hiway
DHB� Data Hiway Bridge
DHI� Data Hiway Interface
DHP Data Hiway Port
DI Digital Integration
DIA Diameter
DNCF� Dual Node Card File
DNPWR Dual Node Power Supply Assemby
DOS Disk Operating System
DP� Differential Pressure
DSA Distributed System Architecture
DTC Digital Turbine Control
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DVM Digital Video Manager
E&C Engineering and Construction
E&I� Engineering and Instrumentation
EB Equipment Branch
EBR� Experion Backup and Restore software
EC Electrical Code or Electrical Contractor
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EF Exhaust Fan
EH&S� Environmental Health and Safety
EHB Experion Hiway Bridge
EHM Equipment Health Management
EHPM Enhanced High-Performance Process Manager
EHS Environment, Health and Safety
ELEV Elevator
ELMM Enhanced Logic Manager Module
EM Emergency
EMEA Europe, Middle East, Africa
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMT Electrical Metallic Tubing
ENIM Enhanced Network Interface Module
EOS� Enhanced Operator Station
EP Emergency Power
EPC Engineering�Procurement and Construction
EPDG Enhanced Peripheral Display Generator
EPLCG Enhanced Programmable Logic Controller Gateway
EPNI� Enhanced Process Network Interface
EPO Emergency Power Off (Button or Switch)
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA)
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (expanded MRP system from Atlantic Research Company)
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ESPC Energy Saving Performance Contracting
ESVT� Experion Server TPS
ETN Enhanced TPS Node
EUCN Enhanced Universal Control Network
EWC Electric Water Cooler
F Fuse
FA Fire Alarm
FAA Fire Alarm Annunciator
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FAX� Facsimile Transmission
FC Flow Conditioner
FCCU Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit
FDCM Field Device Configuration Manager, replaced by FDM
FDM Field Device Manager
FDU Field Demonstration Unit
FEED Front-end Engineering Design
FEL Front-End Loading
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FF Foundation Fieldbus
FFGR Fluid Gas Recirculation
FGS Fire and Gas System
FI� Field Instrumentation (transmitters, etc.)
FIFO First In First Out
FIM Fieldbus Interface Module
FLA Full Load Amperes
FLM Fieldbus Library Manager
FM Factory Mutual
FMC Flexible Metal Conduit
FOB Free On Board (freight and insurance responsibility) or Factory Order Blank
FPA Fire Protection Agency
FPD Flat Panel Display
FSC Fail Safe Controller
FSC� Frame Sequence Check
FSD Final System Definition
FT Functional Transformation
FTA Field Termination Assembly
FTB Front Terminal Block
FTE Fault Tolerant Ethernet
FTP� File Transfer Protocol
FWME Flow Weighted Mean Error
G Ground
GFCI, GFI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GND Ground
GRMC Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit
HOA Hand-Off-Automatic Switch
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
HZ Hertz
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IG Isolated Ground
IMC Intermediate Metal Conduit
INT Interlock
KCMIL Thousand Circular Mils
KVA Kilovolt-Amperes
KVAR Kilovolt-Amperes Reactive
LFMC Liquid Tight Flexible Metal Conduit
LRA Lock Rotor Amps
LTG Lighting
MC Metal Clad Cable
MCB Main Circuit Breaker
MCC Motor Control Center
MCP Motor Circuit Protection
MI Mineral Insulated
MLO Main Lugs Only
MW Megawatt
NC Normally Closed
NEC National Electrical Code
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NL Night Light
NO Normally Open or Number
P Pole
PB Push Button or Panic Button or Pull Box
PNL Panel
PT Potential Transformer
PWR Power
QTY Quantity
REQ Required
RMC Rigid Metal Conduit
RMS Root Mean Squared
RNC Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit
RTS Remote Test Station
RTU Roof Top Unit
SP Spare
ST Shunt Trip
SW Switch
SYM Symmetrical
TEL Telephone
TGB Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
TMCB Thermal Magnetic Circuit Breaker
UG Under Ground
UL Underwriters Laboratory
V Volt
VA Volt-Ampere
VT Voltage Transformer
W Watt or Wire
WH Water Heater
WP Weather Proof
XFMR Transformer

Acronyms – HVAC

abbrev define
A Air or Compressed Air
AC Air Conditioning or Alternating Current
ACCA Air Conditioning Contractors Associations
ACD Automatic Control Damper
ACH Air Changes per Hour
ACM Asbestos Containing Material
AD Access Door
AEE Association of Energy Engineers
AF Air Foil
AFD Adjustable Frequency Drive
AFUE Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
AHU Air Handling Unit
AI Analog Input
AMCA Air Movement and Control Association
AMP Ampere
AO Analog Output
AP Access Panel
APD Air Pressure Drop
AQS Air Quality Systems
AS Air Stream
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
ATC Automatic Temperature Control
ATM Atmosphere
AV Automatic Air Vent
AWG American Wire Gage
B Boiler
BACnet A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks
BAS Building Automation System
BCA Building Commissioning Association
BDD Back-Draft Damper
BHP Brake Horsepower
BI Backward Incline or Binary Input
BMS Building Management System
BO Binary Output
BOD Bottom of Duct
BP Backflow Preventer
BSLN Baseline
BTU British Thermal Unit
BTUH Brtish Thermal Units / Hour
BY Base Year
CAV Constant Air Volume
CD Cold Deck (also Condensation Drain)
CDD Cooling Degree Days
CEM Certified Energy Manager
CENT Center or Centrifugal
CF Cubic Feet
CFC ChloroFluoroCarbon
CFM Cubic Feet per Minute
CH Chilled or Chiller
CHR Chilled Water Return
CHS Chilled Water Supply
CHW Chilled Water
CHWP Chilled Water Pump
CHWR Chilled Water Return
CHWRT Chilled Water Return Temperature
CHWS Chilled Water Supply
CHWST Chilled Water Supply Temperature
CLF Cooling Load Factor
CLTD Cooling Load Temperature Difference
CO Carbon Monoxide or Clean Out
CONN Connection
COP Coefficient Of Performance
CRAC Computer Room Air Conditioner
CRAH Computer Room Air Handler
CSR Capacitor Start Capacitor Run
CT Cooling Tower
CTBD Cooling Tower Blow Down
CUH Cabinet Unit Heater
CV Constant Volume
CVRMSE Coefficient of Variation of the Root Mean Square of the Error
CWP Condenser Water Pump
CWR Condenser Water Return
CWRT Condenser Water Return Temperature
CWS Condenser Water Supply
CWST Condenser Water Supply Temperature
CY Current Year
D Drain
DA Discharge Air or Direct Acting
DAT Discharge Air Temperature
DB Dry Bulb (Temperature) or Dead Band
DC Direct Current
DCBP Double Check Backflow Preventer
DCV Demand Controlled Ventilation
DD Degree Day
DI Digital Input
DIA Diameter
DIM Dimension
DO Digital Output
DP Dew Point or Differential Pressure
DPDT Double Pole Double Throw
DPST Double Pole Single Throw
DSI Direct Spark ignition
DX Direct Expansion
EA Each or Exhaust Air
EAHU Exhaust Air Handling Unit
EAT Entering Air Temperature
ECM Electronically Commutated Motor or Energy Conservation Measure
ECO Energy Conservation Opportunity
EDH Electric Duct Heater
EDR Equivalent Direct Radiation
EEM Energy Efficiency Measure
EER Energy Efficiency Ratio
EF Exhaust Fan
EH Electric Heater
EMCS Energy Management Control System
EMER Emergency
EMF Electromotive Force
EMS Energy Management System
EP Electric to Pneumatic
ERV Energy Recovery Ventilator
ESCO Energy Service Company
ESP External Static Pressure
ET Expansion Tank
EUH Electrical Unit Heater
EWT Entering Water Temperature
EXH or EX Exhaust
EXP Expansion
EXT External
EXV Electronic Expansion Valve
F Fahrenheit
F & T Float & Thermostatic
FA Free Area or Fire Alarm
FAI Fresh Air Intake
FC Forward Curve or Flexible Connection
FCU Fan Coil Unit
FD Floor Drain, Fire Damper, or Fire Department
FIM Facility Improvement Measure
FLA Full Load Amps
FLEX Flexible
FLRDR Floor Drain
FMS Facility Management System
FPM Feet Per Minute
FPS Feet per Second
FPVAV Fan Powered Variable Air Volume Box
FRP Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic
FS Flow Switch
FT Feet
FTR Fin Tube Radiation
FW Feed Water
G Gas
GA Gauge
GAL Gallons
GALV Galvanized
GFU Glycol Feed Unit
GPH Gallons per Hour
GPM Gallons Per Minute
GR Grade
GUI Graphical User Interface
GWP Global Warming Potential
HB Hose Bib (Connection)
HCFC HydroChloroFluoroCarbon
HD Head or Hot Deck
HDD Heating Degree Days
HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Arresting
HFC HydroFluoroCarbon
HHV Higher Heating Value
HHWP Heating Hot Water Pump
HHWR Heating Hot Water Return
HHWS Heating Hot Water Supply
HL High Limit
HOA Hand Off Auto
HP High Pressure or Horse Power or High Point
HPS High Pressure Steam
HR Heat Recovery or Hour
HRU Heat Recovery Unit
HRV Heat Recovery Ventilator
HSI Hot Surface Ignition
HSPF Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
HSTAT Humidistat
HTG Heating
HVAC Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
HVAC&R Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
HWP Hot Water Pump
HWR Hot Water Return
HWRT Hot Water Return Temperature
HWS Hot Water Supply
HWST Hot Water Supply Temperature
HWUH Hot Water Unit Heater
HX Heat Exchanger
HZ Hertz (Cycles per Second)
I/O Input Output
IAQ Indoor Air Quality
ID Inside Diameter
IMC International Mechanical Code
IN Inches
in. Hg inches of mercury vacuum
in. WC inches of Water Column
IPMVP International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol
IR Infra-Red
IRH InfraRed Heater
JB Junction Box
KO Knock Out
KW Kilowatt
LAT Leaving Air Temperature
LB Pound
LD Linear Diffuser
LF Linear Feet
LHV Lower Heating Value
LL Low Limit
LON Local Operating Network
LP Low Pressure or Liquified Petroleum
LPS Low-Pressure Steam
LRA Locked Rotor Amps
LUVR or LVR Louver
LVDR Louvered Door
LVG Leaving
LWBT Leaving Wet Bulb Temperature
LWCO Low Water Cut Off
LWT Leaving Water Temperature
M&V Measurement and Verification
MA Mixed Air
MAT Mixed Air Temperature
MAU Makeup Air Unit
MAX Maximum
MBH 1000 BTUH
MCA Minimum Circuit Amps
MCC Motor Control Center
MECH Mechanical
MFD Micro-Farad
MIN Minimum
MP Motor Protector
MPT Male Pipe Thread
MU Make-Up Water
MUA Make-Up Air
MUW Make-up Water
MV Manual Air Vent
MX Metrix Utility Accounting System
MZ Multi-Zone
NC Noise Criteria or Normally Closed
NEC National Electric Code
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NO Normally Open
NOM Nominal
NPSH Net Positive Suction Head
NPT National Pipe Thread
NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient
OA Outside Air
OAI Outside Air Intake
OAP Outside Air Percentage
OAT Outside Air Temperature
OC On Center
OD Outside Diameter
OP Oil Pressure
OV Outlet Velocity
OWS Operator Work Station
PC Performance Contracting
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCF Pounds per Cubic Foot
PD Pressure Drop
PE Professional Engineer or Pneumatic to Electric
PH Pre-Heat or Phase
PID Proportional, Integral & Derivative
PRV Pressure Relief Valve or Pressure Reducing Valve
PSC Permanent Split Capacitor
PSI Pounds per Square Inch
PSIA Pounds per Square Inch – Absolute
PSID Pounds per Square Inch – Differential
PSIG Pounds per Square Inch – Gauge
PT Pressure Temperature
PTAC Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner
PTC Positive Temperature Coefficient
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
R Radius
RA Return Air or Reverse Acting
RAT Return Air Temperature
RET Return
RF Return Fan
RH Relative Humidity or Reheat
RLA Running Load Amps
RLF Relief
RPBP Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer (sometimes also seen as RPZ)
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RTD Resistance Temperature Detector
RTU Roof Top Unit
RV Reversing Valve
SA Supply Air
SAT Supply Air Temperature
SC Shading Coefficient
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
sCHR Secondary Chilled Water Return
sCHS Secondary Chilled Water Supply
sCHWP Secondary Chilled Water Pump
sCHWR Secondary Chilled Water Return
sCHWS Secondary Chilled Water Supply
SCR Screen
SCT Saturated Condensing Temperature
SD Smoke Detector or Smoke Damper
SE Smoke Exhaust
SEER Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
SEN Sensible
SF Service Factor or Supply Fan
SFD Combination Smoke / Fire Damper
SH Super Heat
SHC Sensible Heat Capacity
SHFG Solar Heat Gain Factor
SHR Sensible Heat Ratio
sHWR Secondary Hot Water Return
sHWS Secondary Hot Water Supply
SMACNA Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association
SP Static Pressure or Set Point
SPDT Single Pole Double Throw
SPST Single Pole Single Throw
SS Stainless Steel
SUP Supply
SV Solenoid Valve
SWP Steam Working Pressure
T Temperature or Thermostat
TD Temperature Difference or Time Delay
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
TEFC Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled
TEMP Temperature
TEV Thermostatic Expansion Valve (sometimes also seen as TXV)
TH Thermometer in a Thermowell
TOD Time Of Day
TON 12,000 BTUH (Cooling Capacity) or ton of refrigeration effect
TORR Millimeter of Mercury (mmHg)
TSP Total Static Pressure
TSTAT Thermostat
TXV Thermostatic Expansion Valve
TYP Typical
UC Undercut (Door)
UH Unit Heater
UMC Uniform Mechanical Code
UV Ultra-Violet or Unit Ventilator
V Volts
VAV Variable Air Volume
VD Volume Damper
VEL Velocity
VFD Variable Frequency Drive
VSD Variable Speed Drive
VSP Variable Speed Pump(ing)
VVT Variable Volume/Temperature
W Watt
WB Wet Bulb Temperature
WC Water Column
WG Water Gauge
WPD Water Pressure Drop
WTD Water Temperature Difference
XFMR Transformer
YTD Year To Date
ZD Zone Damper
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