Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Using Isopropyl Alcohol and Ammonium Chloride Surfactant

This research article mainly focuses on the enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer using isopropyl alcohol and its solution with the surfactant ammonium chloride on a heating surface, which can be used in heat transfer device. A review on the effect surfactant (ammonium chloride) with different solvent on the heat transfer process also given. The solution is used as the working fluid to measure the heat transfer performance. After conducting the experiment, the result shows that in case of 200 PPM concentration, heat transfer coefficient is more than in case of 400 and 600 PPM, and it is due to the high viscosity and critical micelle concentration (CMC). The experimental data are modeled through the radial basis neural network (RBN) for the prediction of wall superheat, and heat transfer coefficient was given. The RBN model is able to predict the experimental data with a good accuracy level in comparison with the empirical and semiempirical correlations.