ACCP |
Army Correspondence Course Program |
HTARS |
Hemitt Tanker Aviation Refueling System |
API |
American Petroleum Institute |
ICE |
Interservice Correspondence Exchange |
ATC |
air traffic control, air traffic controller |
MPH |
Mile per hour |
BS + W |
Bottom sediment and water |
MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
BSA |
Brigade support area |
MSC |
Military Sealift Command |
COMSEC |
Communications Security |
NCO |
Noncommissioned officer |
DA |
Department of the Army |
NCOIC |
Noncommissioned officer in charge |
DD |
Department of Defense |
Para |
Paragraph |
DESC |
Defense Energy Supply Center |
PMCS |
Preventive maintenance checks and services |
DSA |
Division support area |
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F |
Fahrenheit |
POL |
Petroleum, oils, lubricants |
FARE |
Forward Area Refueling Equipment |
PSI |
Pounds per square inch |
FSSP |
Fuel System Supply Point |
QM |
Quartermaster |
GPM |
gallons per minute |
RVP |
Reid vapor pressure |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
S + T |
Supply and transport |
| HM | hazardous material | SLGR |
Small Lightweight Global Positioning Receiver |
HW |
hazardous waste |
SOP |
Standard operating procedure |
HEMITT |
Heavy Extended Mobility Tactical Truck |
TRADOC |
US Army Training and Doctrine Command |
American Petroleum Institute (API) The institute represents and is supported by the petroleum industry. It standardizes the tools and equipment used by the industry and promotes the advancement of research in the petroleum field.
API Gravity An arbitrary scale expressing the gravity or density of liquid petroleum products. The measuring scale is calibrated in terms of degrees API. The gravity of any petroleum product is corrected to 60'F (16'C). (See Specific Gravity.)
API gravity test A test to confirm the identities of fuel supplies.
Aqua-Glo test A test to detect water in fuel supplies.
bulk petroleum products Those petroleum products (fuels, lubricants) which are normally transported by pipeline, rail tank car, tank truck, barge, or tanker and stored in tanks or containers having a capacity of more than 55 gallons, except fuels in 500-gallon collapsible containers, which are considered to be packaged.
Class III (POL) Petroleum fuels: lubricants, hydraulic and insulating oils, preservatives, liquid and compressed gases, chemical products, coolants, deicing and antifreeze compounds, together with components and additives of such products and coal.
contamination The addition to a petroleum product of some material not normally present. Common contaminants are water, dirt, sand, rust, mill scale, and other petroleum products.
filter/separator A device used to separate both solid contaminants and water from a petroleum fuel.
flash point The lowest temperature at which a liquid petroleum product gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to ignite (that is, flash) on application of a flame under specified conditions.
jet fuel Fuel meeting the required properties for use in jet engines and aircraft turbine engines. Jet fuels are procured for the Armed Forces in several grades. The most important grades are JP-4 (low vapor pressure) and JP-5 (high flash point), and JP-8.
Millipore test A test for particulate contaminants in fuel supplies.
specific gravity The ratio of the weight of any quantity of matter, a petroleum product for example, to the weight of an equal quantity of water; usually determined by use of a hydrometer. (See AN Gravity.)
static electricity Electricity generated by friction between unlike substances and in the atmosphere; contrasted with voltaic or current electricity.