Abstract
An analytical study of the effect of the magneto-convective flow of immiscible fluids through a vertical channel has been investigated in the presence of a chemical reaction. One region is saturated by electrically conducting incompressible fluid, and the other is saturated by nanofluid in a vertical channel with constant transport properties. The coupled nonlinear governing equations are solved by the regular perturbation method, with the Brinkman number as a perturbation parameter since its value is always less than unity. The results are discussed in detail using plots to analyze the flow phenomena. The increase in thermal and mass Grashof numbers enhances the fluid velocity and temperature profile, whereas Hartman number, solid volume fraction, and chemical reaction parameters exhibit the opposite effect. The effect of an increase in the nanoparticle volume fraction opposes the fluid flow and diminishes the temperature distribution due to the enhanced viscosity of the nanofluid.
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Abbreviations
- \(E_{o}\) :
-
Applied electric field (\({\text{V/m}}\))
- \(\sigma_{e}\) :
-
Electrical conductivity (\({\text{S/m}}\))
- \(E\) :
-
Electric field load parameter
- \(B_{o}\) :
-
Magnetic field (Tesla)
- \(\mu_{nf}\) :
-
Viscosity of nanofluid (\({\text{Pa}}\;{\text{s}}\))
- \(U_{0}\) :
-
Average velocity (\({\text{m/s}}\))
- \(\rho_{nf}\) :
-
Density of nanofluid \(({\text{kg/m}}^{3} )\)
- \(k_{f}\) :
-
Thermal conductivity (\({\text{W}}\;{\text{m}}^{ - 1} \;{\text{k}}^{ - 1}\))
- \(k_{nf}\) :
-
Thermal conductivity of nanofluid
- \(Br\) :
-
Brinkman number
- \(C_{w1} ,C_{w2}\) :
-
Concentrations (\({\text{mol/m}}^{3}\))
- \(\overline{{C_{1} ,}} \overline{{C_{2} }}\) :
-
Reference concentrations (\({\text{mol/m}}^{3}\))
- \(C_{P}\) :
-
Specific heat at constant pressure (\({\text{J/kg}}\;{\text{K}}\))
- \(D_{nf} \;{\text{and}}\;D_{f}\) :
-
Diffusion coefficient of nanofluid and base fluid (\({\text{m}}^{2} {\text{/s}}\))
- g:
-
Acceleration due to gravity (\({\text{m}}^{2} {\text{/s}}\))
- \(Gr\) :
-
Grashof number
- \(Gc\) :
-
Modified Grashof number
- \(M\) :
-
Hartman number
- \(h\) :
-
Width of regions
- \(T_{w1} ,\,T_{w2}\) :
-
Temperature of the boundaries (\({\text{K}}\))
- \(X,Y\) :
-
Space co-ordinates (m)
- \(\mu_{nf} ,\mu_{f}\) :
-
Viscosities of the nanofluid and fluid (\({\text{Pa}}\;{\text{s}}\))
- \(\beta_{tf,} \;\beta_{tnf} \;{\text{and}}\;\beta_{cf,} \;\beta_{cnf}\) :
-
Thermal and concentration expansion coefficient of fluid and nanofluid
- \(\varepsilon\) :
-
Solid volume fraction
- \(\phi_{1} ,\phi_{2}\) :
-
Non-dimensional concentrations (\({\text{mol/m}}^{3}\))
- \(\theta_{1} ,\theta_{2}\) :
-
Non-dimensional temperatures \(({\text{K}})\)
- \(\alpha_{1} ,\alpha_{2}\) :
-
Chemical reaction parameters
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Shreedevi, K., Yamanappa, G., Siddabasappa, C. et al. Effect of Magneto Convection Nanofluid Flow in a Vertical Channel. Int. J. Appl. Comput. Math 10, 82 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-024-01709-5
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