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Well yes, you must (irreversibly) increase entropy somehow. The air itself won't be warmer though.
by contravariant 5y ago
Well yes, you must (irreversibly) increase entropy somehow. The air itself won't be warmer though.
- StrictDabbler 5y agoThis is why we have wet and dry bulb temperatures. Your intuition about temperature is focused on the dry-bulb temperature that a simple probe gives you. A wet-bulb is literally a probe with a wet cloth or tissue around it. As the humidity in the air increases the wet-bulb temperature approaches the dry bulb temperature. This is absolutely “warming”. The latent heat of the air increases. The sensible heat remains the same.
- Retric 5y agoWithout the jacket the person will emit the same heat. The jacket fans do generate a trivial amount of heat, but it’s likely less than a desktop fan.