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The fan is an electrical appliance using the principles of a motor.

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Variation of fan air temperature with angle

It's probably the forced convective cooling of the air moving faster over the surface of your skin away from the center of the fan than towards the center that makes your skin feel cooler. …
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Thermodynamics - best fan speed to heat a room (for the same heating power)

The same amount of heat will be delivered to the room, but I think the high speed might result in a better temperature distribution throughout the room than the low speed. Hope this helps.
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Ceiling fans with just one large winglet?

The fewer the blades the more unbalanced the air load on the fan putting more stress on the bearings. …
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Why a fan make us feel colder instead of warmer in a cold room?

or the fan moving the air in a cold room never creates any heat even in microscopic levels, no matter the speed of the fan? Keep in mind the fan does not "create heat". … I think what you are really asking is if the fan can increase the temperature of the air molecules because the fan increases the velocities of the air molecules. …
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