GLOSSARY
Section I
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACCP
Army Correspondence Course Program
MIL-HDBK
Military handbook
AIPD
Army Institute for Professional
MPH
mile per hour
Development
API
American Petroleum Institute
MSC
Military Sealift Command
ATC
air traffic control, air traffic controller
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
DA
Department of the Army
NCO
Noncommissioned officer
DD
Department of Defense
NCOIC
Noncommissioned officer in charge
DESC
Defense Energy Support Center
QM
Quartermaster
DETC
Distance Education and Training Council
Para
Paragraph
DOD
Department of Defense
PMCS
Preventive maintenance checks and
F
Fahrenheit
POL
Petroleum, oils, lubricants
FARE
Forward Area Refueling Equipment
PSI
pounds per square inch
FM
Field Manual / Frequency Modulation
PTO
Power takeoff
FSSP
Fuel System Supply Point
ROM
Refuel-on-the-Move
GPM
gallons per minute
RPM
Revolutions per minute
GPS
Global Positioning System
SLGR
Small Lightweight Global Positioning
HACV
Hand Actuated Control Valve
Receiver
HM
hazardous material
SOP
standard operating procedure
HTARS
HEMTT Tanker Aircraft Refueling System
TM
Technical Manual
HW
hazardous waste
TRADOC
Training and Doctrine Command
IAW
in accordance with
US
United States
ICE
Interservice Correspondence Exchange
Section II
Terms
American Petroleum Institute (API) The institute
components and additives of such products and
represents and is supported by the petroleum
coal.
industry. It standardizes the tools and equipment
used by the industry and promotes the
of some material not normally present. Common
advancement of research in the petroleum field.
contaminants are water, dirt, sand, rust, mill scale,
and other petroleum products.
API Gravity An arbitrary scale expressing the
gravity or density of liquid petroleum products.
filter/separator A device used to separate both
The measuring scale is calibrated in terms of
solid contaminants and water from a petroleum
degrees API. The gravity of any petroleum
fuel.
product is corrected to 60...F (16...C). (See Specific
Gravity.)
flash point The lowest temperature at which a
liquid petroleum product gives off vapor in
API gravity test A test to confirm the identities of
sufficient concentration to ignite (that is, flash) on
fuel supplies.
application of a flame under specified conditions.
Aqua-Glo test A test to detect water in fuel
jet fuel Fuel meeting the required properties for use
supplies.
in jet engines and aircraft turbine engines. Jet
fuels are procured for the Armed Forces in
bulk petroleum products Those petroleum
several grades. The most important grades are
products (fuels, lubricants) which are normally
JP-4 (low vapor pressure), JP-5 (high flash point),
transported by pipeline, rail tank car, tank truck,
and JP-8.
barge, or tanker and stored in tanks or containers
having a capacity of more than 55 gallons, except
Millipore test A test for particulate contaminants in
fuels in 500-gallon collapsible containers, which
fuel supplies.
are considered to be packaged.
specific gravity The ratio of the weight of any
quantity of matter, a petroleum product for
and insulating oils, preservatives, liquid and
example, to the weight of an equal quantity of
compressed gases, chemical products, coolants,
water; usually determined by use of a hydrometer.
deicing and antifreeze compounds, together with
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