I want to design a project about shoes with cooling/heating system

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the design of a heating and cooling system for shoes, exploring various methods and materials to achieve effective temperature regulation. Participants share ideas related to engineering concepts, potential liquid mediums, and system designs, while also considering practical implications and challenges.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant proposes a design involving a thin layer under the shoe with capillaries to utilize capillary action for temperature regulation.
  • Another participant suggests researching astronaut space suits for effective heating and cooling methods.
  • A different viewpoint mentions using freon in a compressor and fan system, questioning the practicality for shoe application.
  • One participant describes a system using a water pump and aluminum fins to cool water, which would then circulate through the shoe.
  • Some participants express skepticism about the need for complex cooling systems, questioning what generates enough heat to warrant such designs.
  • Another idea involves using nitrous oxide to cool the shoes, with a humorous take on the practicality of this approach.
  • A participant expresses interest in a simpler solution, specifically a force air ventilation shoe for cooling.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the necessity or practicality of the proposed heating and cooling systems, with multiple competing views on the effectiveness and complexity of different approaches.

Contextual Notes

Participants have not settled on the specific type of system to be used or the most suitable liquid for the cooling/heating medium. There are also unresolved questions regarding the actual heat generation within the shoes that would necessitate such systems.

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Hi there! I am an engineering student and I have a project to do. It involves creating a heating/cooling system for our shoes. Well the instructoor asked us to choose a heating cool system so I chose this topic (assuming it would reach some where where I would get a patent for my hard work).
So my design involves adding a thin layer (1cm ) under your shoe and inserting some capilaries through out the shoe's sides in order to take advantage of the capilary action of the liquid I am going to use.

So I have a bulky system to use that is able to change the temperature of the meduim from 0.02 degrees to 100 degree according to the voltage applied and its polarity . I want the range to be between 5 degrees and 40 degrees. I do not know what is the bulky system is because did not do my lab yet but in 3 days I will tell you about it.


So guys, what liquid should I use inorder to have a good system?
 
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dodoshka1991 said:
Hi there! I am an engineering student and I have a project to do. It involves creating a heating/cooling system for our shoes. Well the instructoor asked us to choose a heating cool system so I chose this topic (assuming it would reach some where where I would get a patent for my hard work).
So my design involves adding a thin layer (1cm ) under your shoe and inserting some capilaries through out the shoe's sides in order to take advantage of the capilary action of the liquid I am going to use.

So I have a bulky system to use that is able to change the temperature of the meduim from 0.02 degrees to 100 degree according to the voltage applied and its polarity . I want the range to be between 5 degrees and 40 degrees. I do not know what is the bulky system is because did not do my lab yet but in 3 days I will tell you about it.


So guys, what liquid should I use inorder to have a good system?

Welcome to the PF.

I suggest that you do some research and reading to learn how the astronaut's space suits are heated and cooled. The information should be available online, maybe at NASA's website. They've already identified the best way to do this...
 
dodoshka1991 said:
Hi there! I am an engineering student and I have a project to do. It involves creating a heating/cooling system for our shoes. Well the instructoor asked us to choose a heating cool system so I chose this topic (assuming it would reach some where where I would get a patent for my hard work).
So my design involves adding a thin layer (1cm ) under your shoe and inserting some capilaries through out the shoe's sides in order to take advantage of the capilary action of the liquid I am going to use.

So I have a bulky system to use that is able to change the temperature of the meduim from 0.02 degrees to 100 degree according to the voltage applied and its polarity . I want the range to be between 5 degrees and 40 degrees. I do not know what is the bulky system is because did not do my lab yet but in 3 days I will tell you about it.


So guys, what liquid should I use inorder to have a good system?

What kind of system are you using? If using a compressor and fan I would use freon. Might be a little bulky for your shoes...lol

Perhaps you are just using a water pump and a radiator...I would suggest antifreeze:)

In other words...what kind of system are you using! ?
 
ok, get a water pump, put it on a backpack full of water. attach aluminum fins to the backpack.
run two tubes (one hot, one cold) down from the backpack into the shoe.
the pump keeps water moving, so it pulls up hot water from your foot, into the backpack, where the heat is dissipated by the aluminum fins.
the cooled water is then pumped through the cold tube, refreshing your feet, and increasing your carbon footprint
 
@#3 & #4. I don't get it! What is going to be generating such outrageous heat in the shoes, that needs such elegant cooling systems. :rolleyes:
 
I_am_learning said:
@#3 & #4. I don't get it! What is going to be generating such outrageous heat in the shoes, that needs such elegant cooling systems. :rolleyes:

and why use internal combustion engines to power carts, when horses work just as well?
 
I got it. How about just a real slow flow of Nitrous oxide thru the capilarries of your shoes. A small nitrous oxide bottle hooked wherever...and a temperature gauge to control the flow of nitrous.

You'll look a little silly with nitrous periodically spraying out of your shoes... Picture running a marathon on a 90 degree hot and humid day...hit the nitrous...boo-wah! Your feet be the coolest of the bunch...advantage team nitrous!
 
You invent one, I'll buy one, I only need the cooling!:smile:

I would be very happy if you invent a force air ventilation shoe!
 

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