there have been many requests for this (and I sure could have used it when I first came to this board) so here it is:
a collection of frequently used abbreviations

*AND I propose that it be made an open sticky up top - any thoughts on that?*

in no particular order:

VO = Vegetable Oil
SVO = Straight Vegetable Oil
WVO = Waste Vegetable Oil
UCO = Used Cooking Oil
RUG = Regular Unleaded Gasoline
FFA = Free Fatty Acids
KOH = Potassium Hydroxide
NaOH = Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
OCH = Oil Can Harry

I'm sure I've left out plenty - help me out


also, feel free to pospose new abbreviations here, such as:

THTT = Too Hot To Touch (that's mine, but I find it a useful temperature indicator, and it deserves its own shorthand moniker)

This thread should be taken a step further and put into a glossary on the front page where you see the list of forums. It actually took me a quite a while to guess:

HOH - Hose On Hose
HIH - Hose In Hose
WOT - Wide Open Throttle

Could not find the defs by searching. Speaking of KOH, I think it should be one level up from the 'General SVO Discussion' forum, at the main menu.

-Steve
Pretty much everything I work on ends up being a total PITA.

IJP = Injection Pump
FF = Fuel Filter
ELP = Electric Lift Pump
MLP = Mechanical Lift Pump
PSDFS = Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement
PSDK = Power Service Diesel Kleen

No one's listed the obvious:
BD= biodiesel
EtOH=ethanol
MeOH=metanol.
May seem silly to those of us who've been here awhile, but might help a newbie.

IP = Injection Pump (Some use IJP)
Metho = Denatured Ethanol (usually 95% pure)
IPA = Isopropyl Alcohol
MP = Melting Point (eg High MP oils are solid at low temperatures)

Abd a couple of non fuel-specific ones
HTH = Hoping to Help.
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary.

I guess we might as well add generic internet abbreviations that are regularly used here:

IMO = In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
PITA = Pain In the Ass
RPITA = Royal Pain In the Ass
FWIW = For What It's Worth

quote:

there have been many requests for this (and I sure could have used it when I first came to this board) so here it is:
a collection of frequently used abbreviations

*AND I propose that it be made an open sticky up top - any thoughts on that?*

How about if I stick a link in the "10 steps" to this discussion? It5 is getting a LOT of hits by folks I assume are newbies.

BTW, how do you link stuff? I've needed to dot hat a couple times and can't figure it out
assume it has something to do with the URL button up top, but can't get further than that... (I'm failing this IQ test)

First go to the site you want to link to, click on the site address and use Edit/Copy or Shift/delete. Then go to the thread you want to link from, click Reply, click URL, then Shift/Insert in the URL box, give it a name in the title box, then click OK.

This is similar to the glossary already listed under biodiesel .

Should we have Shaun consider tweaking it to be an inclusive glossary ?

quote:

Originally posted by neutral:
First go to the site you want to link to, click on the site address and use Edit/Copy or Shift/delete. Then go to the thread you want to link from, click Reply, click URL, then Shift/Insert in the URL box, give it a name in the title box, then click OK.

I figured that much out myself
but how do you underline text... oh wait
here
aha
the text is the title, got it
thanks

TLA = Three Letter Acronym

UCO- Used cooking oil in some circles. Used Crankcase Oil in other circles

H20- water (gawd I hope that is obvious)

#m- as in 5m, 2m, 10m- often used to show the relative minimum micron size a filter blocks. If I'm not mistaken this size is only AFTER the filter is seasoned some. There is a scientific abbreviation for micron that some have used but it escapes me at the moment.

B#- as in B5, B10, B20, B100- represents the amount of biodiesel blended with diesel fuel. Sold at fuel stations.

LP- Liquid Propane
LPG- Liquied Propane gase (same as above)
NG- Natural Gas (or abbreviation for an oriental doctor with the last name pronounced as Win but spelled Ngyn or something like that )

quote:

Originally posted by jeepin, moggin Jessup (coachgeo):
SNIP
LP- Liquid Propane
LPG- Liquied Propane gase (same as above)
NG- Natural Gas
SNIP

George,
In West Oz, the term LPG refers to Liquified Petroleum Gas
LNG = Liquid Natural Gas (Higher Methane content than LPG)

as a newbie i have two thoughts.

dont over do it. abbreviations that are for this site are fine. such as, WVO and SVO. but once you get into that AOL and teenager sending text messages junk, it gets annoying.
"you are " shouldnt be " u r".

and, a better definition would help in some cases too, such as,

WVO = Waste Vegetable Oil
UCO = Used Cooking Oil

what is the difference?

and,

OCH = Oil Can Harry

i cant even guess what that means.

it is a great idea though, hope i am being helpfull and not sounding too critical.

quote:

Originally posted by xfrank12:

OCH = Oil Can Harry

Yeah, WTF is that?

quote:

Originally posted by john galt:
Why do you call Veg Oil "Straight"?

quote:

SVO = Straight Vegetable Oil

Is there a reason or is it just another case of the blind leading the blind?

Funny, I also refer to it is SVO/ straight vegetable oil. It seems to be easier to explain to people who confuse it with biodiesel or blends. Straight vegetable oil can either be used cooking oil or brand new stuff from the grocery store.

OCH is actually a need to know thing cause newbies will run across threads that give reference Mr. OCH. His information is pretty interesting. Though I admit reading about his contributions is getting a little out of the relm of NEWBIE info.

Straight Veg. Oil (SVO) is these days more used to describe NEW never used for cooking Veg. oil. For example Elsbett one tank kits expect you to stick with SVO fuel and not use WVO. This is why Elsbett is more popular in Europe where SVO is at times cheaper than diesel.

WVO----waist cooking oil- been cooked with stuff

UCO----- an attempt was made by some to get away from the term WASTE oil (WVO) cause it conjured up EPA problems with authorities where the term Used Cooking Oil did not (UCO). So folk, including me started using UCO in my messages on this board. Newbies need to know this when reading old material.

Unfortunately another whole faction of alternative fuel people (those who heat homes and shops with waste oil) were using UCO as an abbreviation for Used Crankcase Oil. These two different uses of UCO created problems so the UCO term for veg. oil faded out and we went back to using the term WVO. Confuesed yet?

A need to know thing? Are there security issues here?