There are a few items I need to test before I start the design.
Testing items and results:
- 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. - 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 - If additional cooling will be required:
Basically, natural cooling was enough for this case - 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:
- The cooling effect has to be enhanced
- The cooling pipe diameter has to be decreased
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