The role of blood circulatory system in thermal regulation of animals explained by entropy production analysis
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A novel model of thermal regulation of homoeothermic animals has been implemented. The model is based on a non-equilibrium thermodynamic approach which introduces entropy balance and the rate of entropy generation as a formulation of The Second Law. The model explains linear correlation between an animal’s skin and environment temperatures using the first principles and demonstrates the role of blood circulation in the thermoregulation of homoeothermic animals.
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