Effects of heat and mass transfer on MHD nonlinear free convection non‐Newtonian fluids flow embedded in a thermally stratified porous medium

Heat Transfer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gladys Tharapatla ◽  
Pamula RajKumari ◽  
Gurrampati V. Ramana Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Newtonian Fluids

Heat and mass transfer effects on MHD non-Newtonian fluids flow through an inclined thermally-stratified porous medium

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gladys Tharapatla ◽  
Pamula Rajakumari ◽  
Ramana G.V. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Newtonian Fluids ◽  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Homotopy Analysis ◽  
Flow Through

Purpose This paper aims to analyze heat and mass transfer of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) non-Newtonian fluids flow past an inclined thermally stratified porous plate using a numerical approach. Design/methodology/approach The flow equations are set up with the non-linear free convective term, thermal radiation, nanofluids and Soret–Dufour effects. Thus, the non-linear partial differential equations of the flow analysis were simplified by using similarity transformation to obtain non-linear coupled equations. The set of simplified equations are solved by using the spectral homotopy analysis method (SHAM) and the spectral relaxation method (SRM). SHAM uses the approach of Chebyshev pseudospectral alongside the homotopy analysis. The SRM uses the concept of Gauss-Seidel techniques to the linear system of equations. Findings Findings revealed that a large value of the non-linear convective parameters for both temperature and concentration increases the velocity profile. A large value of the Williamson term is detected to elevate the velocity plot, whereas the Casson parameter degenerates the velocity profile. The thermal radiation was found to elevate both velocity and temperature as its value increases. The imposed magnetic field was found to slow down the fluid velocity by originating the Lorentz force. Originality/value The novelty of this paper is to explore the heat and mass transfer effects on MHD non-Newtonian fluids flow through an inclined thermally-stratified porous medium. The model is formulated in an inclined plate and embedded in a thermally-stratified porous medium which to the best of the knowledge has not been explored before in literature. Two elegance spectral numerical techniques have been used in solving the modeled equations. Both SRM and SHAM were found to be accurate.

scholarly journals Heat and Mass Transfer with Free Convection MHD Flow Past a Vertical Plate Embedded in a Porous Medium

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhad Ali ◽  
Ilyas Khan ◽  
Sharidan Shafie ◽  
Norzieha Musthapa
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Elementary Function ◽  
Error Function ◽  
Mhd Flow ◽  
Uniform Motion ◽  
Dimensionless Time

An analysis to investigate the combined effects of heat and mass transfer on free convection unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of viscous fluid embedded in a porous medium is presented. The flow in the fluid is induced due to uniform motion of the plate. The dimensionless coupled linear partial differential equations are solved by using Laplace transform method. The solutions that have been obtained are expressed in simple forms in terms of elementary functionexp(·)and complementary error functionerfc(·). They satisfy the governing equations; all imposed initial and boundary conditions and can immediately be reduced to their limiting solutions. The influence of various embedded flow parameters such as the Hartmann number, permeability parameter, Grashof number, dimensionless time, Prandtl number, chemical reaction parameter, Schmidt number, and Soret number is analyzed graphically. Numerical solutions for skin friction, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number are also obtained in tabular forms.

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