ABSTRACT
ANFAVEA Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores ANIQ Asociación Nacional de la Industria Química, AC ANSI American National Standards Institute AO anti-oxidant AOCA American Oil Change Association, provides a link between the motoring public and auto maintenance
specialists AOCS American Oil Chemists Society, a global forum for the science and technology of fats, oils, surfactants,
and related materials API American Petroleum Institute ARB Air Resources Board (California) ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations ASLE American Society of Lubrication Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials A/T Conventional shifting automatic transmission ATF Automatic transmission fluid ATIEL Association Technique de l‚Industrie Europeenne des Lubrifants AT-PZEV Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emission Vehicle AW anti-wear
BFPA British Fluid Power Association Bhp-hr brake horsepower hour BHRA British Hydromechanics Research Association BLF British Lubricants Federation Block grease A very firm grease produced as a block that is applied to large open plain bearings
that operate at low speed and high temperatures BOCLE Ball on cylinder lubricity evaluator BOI Base oil interchange BOIG Base Oil Interchange Guidelines BOTD Ball on three disks Boundary A regime of lubrication where there is partial contact between the metal components and
lubrication partial separation of the surfaces by the lubricant fluid film BSFC brake specific fuel consumption BTU British Thermal Units
CAA Clean Air Act CAAA Clean air act amendment (1990) CAFÉ Corporate average fuel economy CARB California Air Resources Board CBO Conventional base oil CCD Combustion chamber deposits CCR Conradson carbon residue CCS Cold cranking simulator CDP cresyl diphenyl phosphate
CEC Co-ordinating European Council CEN Europeen de Normalization CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CFR Coordinating Fuel and Equipment Research Committee CFV clean fuel vehicle CGSB Canadian General Standards Board — a consensus organization of producers, users, and
general interest groups that develops standards for test methods and products for Canada CIDI Compression ignition direct injection (diesel) CMA Chemical Manufacturers Association CMMO Chemically modified mineral oil CMVO chemically modified vegetable oils CNG Compressed natural gas CNHTC China National Heavy Truck Corporation CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide CONCAWE Conservation of Clean Air and Water-Europe Corrosion A lubricant additive used to protect surfaces against chemical attack from contaminants
inhibitor in the lubricating fluid or grease. These additives generally operate by reacting chemically and forming a film on the metal surfaces
CPPI Canadian Petroleum Product Institute CRC Co-ordinating Research Council, Incorporated CVMA Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association CVS Constant volume sampling CVT Continuously variable transmission b-CVT Belt-CVT t-CVT Toroidal-CVT
DAP Detroit Advisory Panel (API) DASMIN Deutsche Akkreditierungastelle Mineralol (German) DBC Dibutyl carbonate DBPP dibutyl phenyl phosphate DCT dual clutch transmission DDC Detroit Diesel Corporation DEC Diethyl carbonate DEER diesel engine emissions reduction Demulsibility A measure of the ability of an oil to separate from water as measured by the test time required for
a specified oil-water emulsion to break using ASTM D-1401 DEO Diesel engine oil DEOAP Detroit Engine Oil Advisory Panel (API/EMA) DETA Diethylene triamine DEXTRON General Motors ATF specification DFA Diesel fuel additive DH-1 A JASO diesel engine oil category — a category mainly for Japanese-made heavy duty
diesel engines providing wear, soot handling properties, and thermal-oxidative stability DHYCA Direction des Hydrocarbares et Carburants (French Ministry of Industry) DI detergent inhibitor DI direct injection DI drivability index DII Diesel injection improver DIN Deutsche Industrie Normung DIOC Diisooctyl carbonate DiPE dipentaerythritol DMC Dimethyl carbonate DME Dimethyl ether DOA Dioctyl adipate
DOC Diesel oxidation catalysts DOCP dispersant olefin copolymer DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOHC Double overhead cam DOP Di 2-ethylhexylphthalate DOS Di 2-ethylhexylsebacate DOT Department of Transport DPF Diesel particulate filters DPMA dispersant polymethacrylate Dropping The temperature at which a grease changes from a semisolid to a fluid under the test conditions.
