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US 10,371,408 B2Granted
Flame arrestors for use with a HVAC/R system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsPaul Papas, Parmesh Verma, Richard G. Lord, William F. Walter
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Abstract
An HVAC/R system including an HVAC component configured to allow a flammable refrigerant to flow therethrough, at least one supply flame arrestor positioned within the supply air steam, and at least one return flame arrestor positioned within the return air stream, wherein each flame arrestor includes an open area greater than 60%.
Claims29
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system comprising:
- an HVAC component configured to allow a refrigerant to flow therethrough;
- at least one supply flame arrestor positioned within a supply air stream;
- and at least one return flame arrestor positioned within a return air stream, wherein each of the at least one supply flame arrestor and each of the at least one return flame arrestor includes a mesh pitch of approximately 0.1 mm to 5 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.