Double diffusion and Hall effects on MHD sinusoidal natural convection flow of silver water-based nanofluid from a porous vertical plate

M. P. Mkhatshwa, M. Khumalo

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Abstract

This paper scrutinizes Hall current, Soret and Dufour impacts on natural convective flow of nanofluid attributable to variation in sinusoidal surface temperature over a vertical plate through a porous medium with strong transverse magnetic field applied normally to the flow. In this regard, the silver metal is considered as nanoparticles with water as base fluid. The overlapping multi-domain bivariate spectral local linearization method (OMD-BSLLM) has been utilized to solve the dimensionless governing equations which are attained by means of appropriate transformations. The obtained results are portrayed via graphical and tabular formations to inspect flow fields, shear stresses, heat and mass transmission characteristics for varying thermo-physical parameters. We found that there is an enhancement in the flow fields, shear stresses and heat transportation with the use of silver nanoparticles. Thermal and concentration boundary layer thickness enhance by using porous material, whereas diminish with improvement in Hall effect and ratio of buoyancy forces. The flow characteristics decline with the inclusion of porous medium while elevates with increment in Hall parameter. Moreover, an upgrade in thermal-diffusion correspond to a substantial growth in concentration field along with mass transfer rate. Current analysis can be useful in MHD energy generators, and industrial applications such as heating and cooling procedures owing to the involvement of nanoparticles having superior thermal conductivity features.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100516
JournalPartial Differential Equations in Applied Mathematics
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bivariate spectral local linearization method
  • Hall current
  • Nanofluid
  • Natural convection
  • Overlapping grid scheme
  • Porous medium
  • Soret and Dufour effects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics

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