Text Correction
The temperature t noted in the original publication [1] has been changed to the absolute temperature T, in some equations and the accompanying text, for consistency with other equations in the paper.
1.
has been replaced with
where k is the thermal conductivity in W/(mK), which is influenced by the thermal properties of both the skin and the solid surface and by the contact solid surface area, is the temperature of the skin body, and is the temperature of the solid surface.
2.
has been replaced with
where is the temperature of the surrounding air, and is the convective heat transfer coefficient, which, according to (8), is the ratio of the convective thermal flux density to the temperature difference from the skin to the surrounding air [29].
3. Equations (9)–(12): t has been changed to T for uniform notation, with “characteristic length” in Equation (10) formatted in Cambria Math.
has been replaced with
The sentence “and is the mean surface temperature of the clothed body” has been replaced with “and is the mean surface temperature of the clothed body”.
and
has been replaced with
where g = 9.81 m/s2 is the gravitational acceleration; is the thermal expansion coefficient of the air; is a characteristic length, identified with body height; and is the kinematic viscosity of the air.
The paragraph “In the case of a stationary, unclothed individual, with a temperature difference , the flow is laminar up to a height of 1 m and turbulent at 1.5 m [32]” has been replaced with “In the case of a stationary, unclothed individual, with a temperature difference , the flow is laminar up to a height of 1 m and turbulent at 1.5 m [32]”.
Moreover,
has been replaced with
and
has been replaced with
4.
where is a characteristic length associated with the body and is the thermal diffusivity
has been replaced with
where is a characteristic length associated with the body and is the kinematic viscosity of the air.
Equations (20)–(25): the temperature t has been changed to the absolute temperature T in the equations and accompanying text to ensure uniform notation.
has been replaced with
where is the radiative heat transfer coefficient and is the mean radiant temperature perceived by the body.
has been replaced with:
where is the average body surface emissivity, is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, is the effective radiation area of the human body, is the DuBois body surface area [65], and is the mean radiant temperature for each segment.
has been replaced with:
and
has been replaced with:
and
have been replaced with:
5.
The first part of the sentence after Equation (29) has been changed as follows:
“where represents the second spatial derivative of temperature with respect to the spatial coordinate within the specific layer (such as fat, dermis and epidermis)”.
The author states that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
Reference
- Enescu, D. Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Contributions of Wearable Thermoelectrics to Personal Thermal Management. Energies 2024, 17, 285. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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