Communities in Hockley County include Levelland (population, 14,017), the largest city and the location of South Plains College; Anton (1,158), which bills itself as the Rabbit Capital of Texas; and Sundown (1,439), Smyer, Ropesville, Arnett, Claudene, Lockettville, Pep, and Roundup.
Flame Arrester. A Flame Arrester also spelled arrestor is a device which allows gas to pass through it but stops a flame in order to prevent a larger fire or explosion. There is an enormous variety of situations in which flame arresters are applied.
The Flame Arrestor element dissipates the heat of flame below the ignition point of the vapours. when the storage tank contains liquids having flash point lower than the possible tank temperature, flame arrestors are recommended.