GLOSSARY
Section I
Acronyms and Abbreviations
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
DSA
Division support area
Services
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
SLGR
Small Lightweight Global
Positioning
Receiver
HM
hazardous material
SOP
Standard operating procedure
HW
hazardous waste
TRADOC
US Army Training and Doctrine
Command
HEMITT
Heavy Extended Mobility Tactical Truck
SECTION II
American Petroleum Institute (API) The
TERMS
institute represents and is supported by the
bulk petroleum products Those petroleum products
petroleum industry. It standardizes the tools
(fuels, lubricants) which are normally transported by
and equipment used by the industry and
pipeline, rail tank car, tank truck, barge, or tanker and
promotes the advancement of research in the
stored in tanks or containers having a capacity of
petroleum field.
more than 55 gallons, except fuels in 500-gallon
collapsible containers, which are considered to be
API Gravity An arbitrary scale expressing the
packaged.
gravity or density of liquid petroleum
products. The measuring scale is calibrated in
terms of degrees API. The gravity of any
and insulating oils, preservatives, liquid and
petroleum product is corrected to 60'F (16'C).
compressed gases, chemical products, coolants,
(See Specific Gravity.)
deicing and antifreeze compounds, together with
components and additives of such products and coal.
API gravity test A test to confirm the identities
of fuel supplies.
some material not normally present. Common
contaminants are water, dirt, sand, rust, mill scale,
Aqua-Glo test A test to detect water in fuel
and other petroleum products.
supplies.
filter/separator A device used to separate both solid
Section II
contaminants and water from a petroleum fuel.
Terms
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