Scientists Discover A New Kind Of Fire

Scientists have identified a new kind of fire which burns more cleanly. According to a recently published study from the University of Maryland, or UMD, this phenomenon, called a blue whirl, “evolves from a fire whirl and burns with nearly soot-free combustion.” Fire whirls are often vertical funnels of flames that whip up potentially dangerous, debris-carrying winds. They also tend to be yellow in color because a lack of oxygen causes incomplete burning and the creation of soot. A blue flame, on the other hand, reflects “there is enough oxygen for complete combustion, which means less or no soot, and is therefore a cleaner burn.
While additional research is needed to determine the applications of this discovery, it could potentially decrease the number of pollutants released into the environment during the cleanup of oil disasters.

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+2 1. Dennis53 commented 7 years ago

Come on, this is far from new....
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+3 2. sux2bu commented 7 years ago

Dennis53.... Every reference for 'blue flame whirl fire' that I have seen is from 2016 so it must be a relatively new discovery. :)