Table 2.

Mean convective heat transfer coefficients of a naked human body in natural convection conditions, as reported in the up‐to‐date literature

Reference	Fanger 43	Rapp 44	Murakami et al.45	Fiala et al.39	Pan et al. 46	Present study
${\mathit{h}}_{\mathit{c},\mathit{\text{mean}}}\left[\frac{\mathit{W}}{{\mathit{m}}^2\mathit{K}}\right]$	3.7a	4.0a	3.9	2.9a	3.0b	3.5

^aResults derived from Figure 2 of Fiala et al.39 at ΔT ≅ 5.5^° C.

^bResult is for ΔT ≅ 6.5^° C.