272 Flame arrester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flame arrester From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A flame arrester (also spelled arrestor), deflagration arrester!!J, or flame trap! is a device that stops fuel combustion by extinguishing the flame./5), Contents = 1 Usage and applications 2 Principles = 3 Safty = 4 References = 5 See ako A flame arrester being tested Usage and applications Flame arresters are used: © to stop the spread ofan open fire = to limit the spread of an explosive event that has occurred = to protect potentially explosive mixtures from igniting = to confine fire within an enclosed, controlled, or regulated location They are commonly used on: fel storage tank vents = fuel gas pipelines = safety storage cabinets for paint, aerosol cans, and other flammable mixtures = the exhaust system of internal combustion engines: = Davy lamps in coal mines A flame arrester made for 36 inch pipe that weighed 10 tons, = overproofrum and other flammable liquors!2J, Principles A flame arrester functions by forcing a flame front through channels too narrow to permit the continuance ofa flame!?], These passages can be regular, like wire mesh or a sheet metal plate with punched holes, or irregular, such as those in random packing!!! ‘The required size of the channels needed to stop the flame front can vary significantly, depending on the flammability of the fuel mixture. The large openings on a chain link fence are capable of stopping the spread ofa small, slow-burning grass fire, but fast-buming grass fires will penetrate the fence unless the holes are very eine. orghwkiFime_arester 48zanna Flame ateser - Wikipedia the re encyclopedia small], Ina coal mine containing highly explosive coal dust or methane, the wire mesh ofa Davy lamp must be very tightly spaced. For flame arresters used as a safety device, the mesh must be protected from damage due being dropped or struck by another object, and the mesh must be capable of rigidly retaining its shape during a forcefil explosive event, Any shifting of the individual wires that make up the mesh can create an opening large enough to allow the flame to penetrate and spread beyond the barrier. Ona fel storage vent, flame arresters abo serve a secondary purpose of allowing air pressure to equalize inside the tank when fil is added or removed, while also preventing insects from flying or crawling info the vent piping and fouling the fuel in the tanks and pipes. Safety Flame arresters should be used only in the conditions they have been designed and tested for. Since the depth on an anrester is specified for certain conditions, changes in the temperature, pressure, or composition of the gases entering the arrester can cause the flame spatial velocity to increase, making the depth of the arrester insufficient to stop the flame front ("flow"). The deflagration may continue downstream of the arrester! Flame arresters should be periodically inspected to make sure they are free of dit, insects using it as a nest, or corrosion. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board conchided that an uninspected and badly corroded flame arrester failed to prevent a 2006 explosion at a wastewater treatment plant in Daytona Beach, Floridal® References 1, £446 Arpentinier, Philippe; Cavani, Fabrizio; Trifiro, Ferrucio (2001). The Technology of Catalytic Oxidations (http://books. google.com/?id=-X Di6aAJPIOCSepg-P AT488edq=Deflagration*and+Detonation*Flame+Arresters) 2. Paris: Editions TECHNIP. pp. 748. ISBN 2-7108-0777-7. http:/books. google.com/?id=— XDI6aAJPIOC&pg=PA748&dq=Deflagration+and+Detonation+Flame+Arresters. Retrieved November 19, 2007 2, 44 © McManus, Neil (1998). Safety and Health in Confined Spaces (httpd/books. google.com? id-ygATMSwPbtAC&pg-RA2-PA147&dq-Deflagrationtand Detonation Flame -Arresters) . CRC Press, pp. 147, ISBN 1-56670-326-3. httpd/books.google.com/i wPbtAC&epg=RA2- PA147&dq~Deflagration tand Detonation Flamet-Arresters. Retrieved November 19, 2007 3. * The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (2005). Investigation Report: Aluminum Dust Explosion, Hayes Lemmerz International-Huntington, Inc, Huntington, Indiana, October 29, 2003 A(http://web.archive.org/web/20071024141429/httpz/www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/HL* Publish +Final pdf) . The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. pp. 47. Archived from the original (http:/Awww.csb,gov/completed_investigations/does/HL%20Publish%20Final.pdf) on 2007-10-24. itps/Aveb.archive.org/w eb/20071024141429/httpy/www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/HL+*Publish+ Final.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-19. 4. * Do Wire Fences Stop Ground Fires?, JAMES L. MURPHY AND HARRY E, SCHIMKE, US. Forest Service Research Note PSW-70, Pacific southwest forest and range experiment station, Berkeley, CA, 1965, http:/Awww. fs. fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_rn070/psw_rn070.pdf 5, * The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (2007). Investigation Report: Methanol Tank Explosion and Fire, Bethune Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Daytona Beach, Florida, January 11, 2006 (http://www .csb.gov/assets/document/Bethune_Final Report.pdf) . The United States, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. pp. 29. hutp:/iwww.esb.gov/assets/document/Bethune_Final Report pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 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