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Flame arresters comprise a diverse array of safety devices, ranging from small, end-of-line units with threaded connections to massive, custom-built flanged behemoths weighing several tons. This month's Back to Basics article covers the basics of flame arresters to help prevent misapplications, which can have catastrophic results.

Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan

Prof. Mahadevan is the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Professor of Physics, Harvard university.   Before arriving at Harvard in 2003, he was the first Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Trinity College. Among his awards are a 2009 MacArthur “genius” grant, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, MIT’s Harold Edgerton Award, Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize, and named lectures...Read more

Andrew Celin

ANDREW CELIN is site supervisor of a steam methane reformer for Air Products’ HyCO Business (Martinez, CA; Phone: (925) 313-8990; Email: celinat@airproducts.com). He supports daily plant operations, safety, maintenance, and management of the reforming furnace, hydrogen purification and production, and steam generation systems. He has spent his career in the industrial gases industry, with positions in HyCO operations, process design, and commercial tech­nology, and he has process and operations experience in a variety of hydrogen production and...Read more

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