The work address the problem of modeling the dynamical oscillating behavior during both unstable and stable operations, of an experimental thermosyphon. A standard RBF artificial neural network-based prediction model was developed for predicting the oscillating heat transfer of thermosyphon by means of input-output experimental measurements with the characteristics of time series. A comparison of prediction values between the RBF network and the MLP network was giving. The precision of RBF network was higher than that of the other neural networks such as BP-MLP network etc. The dynamical model of RBF network could be used to describe, predict and control the heat transfer process of a thermosyphon or a heat pipe system.
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