scholarly journals Dufour and Soret effects on MHD free convective heat and mass transfer flow past a vertical porous flat plate embedded in a porous medium

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Shariful Alam ◽  
Mohammad Mansur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Porous Plate ◽  
Skin Friction Coefficient ◽  
Integration Scheme ◽  
Similarity Transformations ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Transfer Flow

A two-dimensional steady MHD free convection and mass transfer flow past a semi-infinite vertical porous plate in a porous medium has been studied numerically including the Dufour and Soret effects. The resulting momentum, energy and concentration equations are then made similar by introducing the usual similarity transformations. These similar equations are then solved numerically by using the Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting method along with Runge-Kutta sixth order integration scheme. The numerical results are displayed graphically showing the effects of various parameters entering into the problem. Finally, the local values of the skin-friction coefficient (Cf), Nusselt number (Nu) and Sherwood number (Sh) are also shown in tabular form. Keywords: MHD, Free convection, Vertical plate, Steady flow, Porous medium, Dufour effect, Soret effect. doi: 10.3329/jname.v2i1.2030 Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 2(1)(2005) 55-65

Dufour and Soret Effects on Unsteady MHD Free Convection and Mass Transfer Flow past a Vertical Porous Plate in a Porous Medium

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Alam ◽  
M. M. Rahman ◽  
M. A. Samad
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Porous Plate ◽  
Integration Scheme ◽  
Vertical Porous Plate ◽  
Linear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Transfer Flow

The Dufour and Soret effects on unsteady MHD free convection and mass transfer flow past an infinite vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium have been studied numerically. The non-linear partial differential equations, governing the problem under consideration, have been transformed by a similarity transformation into a system of ordinary differential equations, which is solved numerically by applying Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique together with sixth order Runge-Kutta integration scheme. The effects of various parameters entering into the problem have been examined on the flow field for a hydrogen-air mixture as a non-chemical reacting fluid pair. Finally, the numerical values of local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number are also presented in tabular form.

Numerical Study of the Combined Free-Forced Convection and Mass Transfer Flow Past a Vertical Porous Plate in a Porous Medium with Heat Generation and Thermal Diffusion

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Alam ◽  
M. M. Rahman ◽  
M. A. Samad
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Porous Plate ◽  
Integration Scheme ◽  
Suction Parameter ◽  
Transfer Flow

The problem of combined free-forced convection and mass transfer flow over a vertical porous flat plate, in presence of heat generation and thermaldiffusion, is studied numerically. The non-linear partial differential equations and their boundary conditions, describing the problem under consideration, are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations by using usual similarity transformations. This system is solved numerically by applying Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique together with Runge-Kutta sixth order integration scheme. The effects of suction parameter, heat generation parameter and Soret number are examined on the flow field of a hydrogen-air mixture as a non-chemical reacting fluid pair. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the flow field is significantly influenced by these parameters.

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