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Video: A mesmerizing “blue whirl” could change the future of fossil fuels – Inverse
Researchers have simulated a new phenomena called a blue whirl to try and understand how it could be used for low-emission combustion.
Fire may be one of humanity’s original innovations, but it is still surprising us hundreds of centuries after the first manmade flames.
In 2016 scientists at the University of Maryland stumbled upon an entirely new type of flame while investigating the use of fire whirls to clean oil spills in water. Initially, the flame began as a large, violent, yellow flame then unexpectantly transitioned into a small, quiet, spinning blue flame.
They dubbed it a “blue whirl” for the way it twisted and spu…
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