Detonation flame arrester

Detonation Flame Arrester products were created in response to environmental regulations (such as The Clean Air Act) which required liquid product storage terminals and hydrocarbon processing plants to control evaporative hydrocarbon emissions from loading and storage operations.

Detonation flame arresters are used in many industries, including refining, pharmaceutical, chemical, and petrochemical, pulp and paper, oil exploration and production, sewage treatment, landfills, mining, power generation, and bulk liquids transportation.

Detonation flame arresters made by most manufacturers employ layers of metal ribbons with crimped corrugations.

Under normal operating conditions the flame arrester permits a relatively free flow of gas or vapor through the piping system.

If the conditions are such that ignition occurs, a flame propagation inside or outside of the system could result, with the potential to do catastrophic damage.

This Detonation Flame Arrester is being tested for an 8-inch piping system at Brooker Laboratory Testing Company to the USCG 33cfr154.1325 Standard.
Detonation Flame Arresters for various pipe sizes from Paradox Intellectual Inc.
The largest detonation flame arrester ever built at the time, weighing 10 tons, for 30 inch pipe. Pictured with Dwight Brooker