Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute

APC
Advanced Process Control

B

BOF
Basic Oxygen Furnace

C

CC
Continuous Casting

CCVD
Combustion Chemical Vapour Deposition

CNG
Compressed natural Gas

CRA
Corrosion Resistant Alloy

CVD
Chemical Vapour Deposition

CSP
Compact Strip Production

D

DRI
Direct Reduced Iron

DSP
Direct Strip Production

E

EAF
Electric Arc Furnace

ESTEP
European Steel Technology Platform

G

GHG
Greenhouse Gases

GWP
Global Warming Potential

H

HBI
Hot Briquetted Iron

HRM
Human Resources Management

HSLA
High Strength Low Alloyed Steels

HSS
High Strength Steels

HTHP
High Temperature High Pressure

I

IGCC
Integrated Gas and Coal Combustion

IISI
International Iron and Steel Institute

IPTS
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

ISE
In Situ Expansion

ISP
In line Strip Production

J

JRC
Joint Research Centre

L

LCA
Life Cycle Assessment

LCIA
Life Cycle Impact Assessment

LNG
Liquid Natural Gas

M

MFA
Material Flow Analysis

O

OCTG
Oil Country Tubular Goods

OPC
Open Process Communication

P

PVD
Physical Vapor Deposition

S

SME
Small and Medium Enterprises

SRA
Strategic Research Agenda

T

TCO
Total Cost of Ownership

TIME
Top Industrial Manager for Europe

Thermo Calc
Thermodynamic Calculation

TMR
Total Material Requirement

TPM
Total Productive Maintenance

TQM
Total Quality Management

TRIP
Transformation Induced Plasticity

TTR
Top-Tension-Riser

TWIP
Twinning induced Plasticity

U

ULCOS
Ultra Low CO2 Steel Making