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[[Category:Explosion Safety]]{{Knoppen}} | [[Category:Explosion Safety]]{{Knoppen}} | ||
[[File:Flame Arresters.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Flame Arresters]] | [[File:Flame Arresters.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Flame Arresters]] | ||
'''Flame Arresters''' are devices that stop fuel combustion by extinguishing the flame. | '''Flame Arresters''' are devices that stop fuel combustion by extinguishing the flame. | ||
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==Working Principles== | ==Working Principles== | ||
A flame arrester functions by forcing a flame front through channels too narrow to permit the continuance of a 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. | A flame arrester functions by forcing a flame front through channels too narrow to permit the continuance of a 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. | ||