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Imagine a material, or a passive device, that can evaporate a glass of water fast, using only the heat of the environment, as the energy source. That is possibl
by bmacho 3y ago
Imagine a material, or a passive device, that can evaporate a glass of water fast, using only the heat of the environment, as the energy source. That is possible, and would be huge.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt would not be. If you do not replace the "heat" absorbed by the evaporating water, the room cools down. The kinetic energy needed to maintain water molecules as a gas instead of condensing comes from somewhere. This is a very complicated swamp cooler.