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Re:Humans can't endure temperatures and humidities as high a... by warble on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:55PM (#31923548)
Sweat is an open heatpump loop. You're intending a closed loop of course in your comment, but same process.
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Re:Humans can't endure temperatures and humidities as high a... by titzer on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:51PM (#31924926)
It isn't though, because powered mechanical compression and decompression is what allows a heat pump to outperform the inherent thermodynamic limit of evaporative cooling.
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