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A project log for Footwear Cooler

To develop a water cooler to regulate the temperature of the feet or for some people with hot feet problem

revoxdynaRevoxdyna 08/25/2022 at 14:050 Comments

There are a few items I need to test before I start the design.

Testing items and results:

  1. Verify the cooling effect:
    The cooling time is obviously decreased with the pump switched on. It will take  ~15 mins to have the cool feeling without the pump and ~5mins with the pump on.  However, the temp. different was around 1-2 degrees, and the cooling effect was not that obvious.
  2. The required volume of water tank:
    The thermoelectric cooler was attached to a recycled box and half a bottle of water was enough to fill up  the insole
  3. If additional cooling will be required:
    Basically, natural cooling was enough for this case
  4. The workmanship of pipe bending:
    Dia 6 mm pipe was difficult to bend by bare hand. Even though the shape was alright, the insole would occupy a lot of space and the feet would not be able to fit in.

The experiment is shown below

Conclusion:

  1. The cooling effect has to be enhanced 
  2. The cooling pipe diameter has to be decreased

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