scholarly journals Effects of Chemical Reaction on MHD Flow Past an Impulsively Started Infinite Vertical Plate with Uniform Heat and Mass Flux

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Chandrakala
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Vertical Plate ◽  
Mhd Flow ◽  
Grashof Number ◽  
First Order ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Uniform Heat ◽  
First Order Chemical Reaction ◽  
Infinite Vertical Plate

Finite difference solutions of the unsteady MHD flow past an impulsively started infinite vertical plate with uniform heat and mass flux are presented here, taking into account the homogeneous chemical reaction of first order. The dimensionless governing equations are solved by an efficient, more accurate, unconditionally stable and fast converging implicit scheme. The effects of velocity, temperature and concentration for different parameters such as chemical reaction parameter, Schmidt number, Prandtl number, thermal Grashof number, mass Grashof number and time are studied. It is observed that due to the presence of a first order chemical reaction, the velocity increases during the generative reaction and decreases in the destructive reaction. It is observed that the velocity decreases in the presence of the magnetic field, as compared to its absence.

scholarly journals MHD flow past a parabolic flow past an infinite isothermal vertical plate in the presence of thermal radiation and chemical reaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Muthucumaraswamy ◽  
P. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Radiation ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Vertical Plate ◽  
Mhd Flow ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Grashof Number ◽  
Linear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Laplace Transform Technique ◽  
The Laplace Transform

Abstract The problem of MHD free convection flow with a parabolic starting motion of an infinite isothermal vertical plate in the presence of thermal radiation and chemical reaction has been examined in detail in this paper. The fluid considered here is a gray, absorbing emitting radiation but a non-scattering medium. The dimensionless governing coupled linear partial differential equations are solved using the Laplace transform technique. A parametric study is performed to illustrate the influence of the radiation parameter, magnetic parameter, chemical reaction parameter, thermal Grashof number, mass Grashof number, Schmidt number and time on the velocity, temperature, concentration. The results are discussed graphically and qualitatively. The numerical results reveal that the radiation induces a rise in both the velocity and temperature, and a decrease in the concentration. The model finds applications in solar energy collection systems, geophysics and astrophysics, aerospace and also in the design of high temperature chemical process systems.

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