Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition

This paper investigates the boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics over a vertical cone filled with nanofluid saturated porous medium with the influence of magnetic field, thermal radiation and first order chemical reaction subject to the convective boundary condition. Similarit...

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Main Authors: P.Sudarsana Reddy, P. Sreedevi, Ali J. Chamkha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-12-01
Series:Propulsion and Power Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X18300592
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author P.Sudarsana Reddy
P. Sreedevi
Ali J. Chamkha
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P. Sreedevi
Ali J. Chamkha
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description This paper investigates the boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics over a vertical cone filled with nanofluid saturated porous medium with the influence of magnetic field, thermal radiation and first order chemical reaction subject to the convective boundary condition. Similarity transformation technique is used for the purpose of converting non-linear partial differential equations into the system of complex ordinary differential equations. The computational Finite element method has been employed to solve the flow, heat and mass transfer equations together with boundary conditions. The impact of various pertinent parameters on hydrodynamic, thermal and solutal boundary layers is investigated and the results are displayed graphically. Furthermore, the values of local skin-friction coefficient, rate of temperature and rate of concentration is also calculated and the results are presented graphically. The comparisons with previously published work is made and found good agreement. The thickness of thermal boundary layer is increased with increase in the values of Brownian motion parameter (Nb) and thermophoresis parameter (Nt). Keywords: Heat and mass transfer, Vertical cone, Nanofluid, Convective boundary condition, Finite element method, Chemical reaction
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spelling doaj.art-c54476c0cf0846b1975b62b5057dd25e2023-09-02T13:59:13ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Propulsion and Power Research2212-540X2018-12-0174308319Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary conditionP.Sudarsana Reddy0P. Sreedevi1Ali J. Chamkha2Department of Mathematics, RGM College of Eng. & Tech, Nandyal 518501, AP, India; Corresponding author.Department of Mathematics, RGM College of Eng. & Tech, Nandyal 518501, AP, IndiaMechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaThis paper investigates the boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics over a vertical cone filled with nanofluid saturated porous medium with the influence of magnetic field, thermal radiation and first order chemical reaction subject to the convective boundary condition. Similarity transformation technique is used for the purpose of converting non-linear partial differential equations into the system of complex ordinary differential equations. The computational Finite element method has been employed to solve the flow, heat and mass transfer equations together with boundary conditions. The impact of various pertinent parameters on hydrodynamic, thermal and solutal boundary layers is investigated and the results are displayed graphically. Furthermore, the values of local skin-friction coefficient, rate of temperature and rate of concentration is also calculated and the results are presented graphically. The comparisons with previously published work is made and found good agreement. The thickness of thermal boundary layer is increased with increase in the values of Brownian motion parameter (Nb) and thermophoresis parameter (Nt). Keywords: Heat and mass transfer, Vertical cone, Nanofluid, Convective boundary condition, Finite element method, Chemical reactionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X18300592
spellingShingle P.Sudarsana Reddy
P. Sreedevi
Ali J. Chamkha
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
Propulsion and Power Research
title Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
title_full Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
title_fullStr Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
title_full_unstemmed Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
title_short Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
title_sort magnetohydrodynamic mhd boundary layer heat and mass transfer characteristics of nanofluid over a vertical cone under convective boundary condition
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X18300592
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