Emotional Stress Relief Vest – Research on Heat Dissipation
Due to having Asperger's syndrome, I want to make a pressure vest suitable for hot and humid climates like Asia to help reduce the daily anxiety of children and adults with autism, ADHD, sensory disorders, etc. To solve this problem, I first tried using a porous material. But after seeing a pressure vest in person, I found it to be useless. Therefore, I came up with the idea of creating an active airflow cooling system between the body and the pressure vest. To experiment, I wanted to make pressure vests. However, I found that a high-frequency TPU welding machine is required. Thus, I made models of pressure vests using airbags, water-resistant nylon, and quick-drying fabric. I also made models, which came from sandwich fabric. Through this research, I discovered that the sandwich fabric design has the best passive heat dissipation, and the combination of the sandwich fabric and the active airflow cooling system has the best active heat dissipation.