Explosive atmospheres - Part 49: Flame arresters - Performance requirements, test methods and limits for use

ISO/IEC 80079-49:2024 specifies the requirements for flame arresters that prevent flame transmission when explosive gas-air or vapour-air mixtures are present. It establishes uniform principles for the classification, basic construction and information for use, including the marking of flame arresters, and specifies test methods to verify the safety requirements and determine safe limits of use.

This document is applicable to pressures ranging from 80 kPa to 160 kPa and temperatures ranging from -20 °C to +200 °C.

This document does not apply to the following:

- external safety-related measurement and control equipment that might be required to keep the operational conditions within the established safe limits;

- flame arresters used for explosive mixtures of vapours and gases, which tend to self-decompose (for example, acetylene) or which are chemically unstable;

- flame arresters used for carbon disulfide, due to its special properties;

- flame arresters whose intended use is for mixtures other than gas-air or vapour-air mixtures (for example, higher oxygen-nitrogen ratio, chlorine as oxidant);

- flame arrester test procedures for reciprocating internal combustion engines;