A detonation flame arrester is designed to prevent the transmission of a detonation.
It can be an end-of-line flame arrester Flame arrester Device fitted to the opening of an enclosure, or to the connecting pipe work of a system of enclosures, and whose intended function is to allow flow but prevent the transmission of a flame. or an in-line flame arrester In-line flame arrester An in-line flame arrester is a flame arrester, which has pipe connectors on either side of the flame arrester unit. .
Source: ISO 16852 - 3.15