RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 15 days agoLED's Efficiency Exceeds 100%phys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoNote how the efficiency sharply drops with a lower temperature; this looks a lot like a heat pump, that we know to not violate the second law. Based on that my guess is that the loss of local entropy causes a raise of the entropy elsewhere. Probably whatever you’re using to keep the LED warm.
Note how the efficiency sharply drops with a lower temperature; this looks a lot like a heat pump, that we know to not violate the second law.
Based on that my guess is that the loss of local entropy causes a raise of the entropy elsewhere. Probably whatever you’re using to keep the LED warm.