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1 – 3 of 3Vinodh Srinivasa Reddy, Jagan Kandasamy and Sivasankaran Sivanandam
The study aims to explore how Soret and Dufour diffusions, thermal radiation, joule heating and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) affect the flow of hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-SiO2/water…
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Purpose
The study aims to explore how Soret and Dufour diffusions, thermal radiation, joule heating and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) affect the flow of hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-SiO2/water) over a porous medium using a mobile slender needle.
Design/methodology/approach
To streamline the analysis, the authors apply appropriate transformations to change the governing model of partial differential equations into a group of ordinary differential equations. Following this, the authors analyze the transformed equations using the homotopy analysis method within Mathematica software, leading to the derivation of analytical solutions. This study investigates how changing values for porous medium, MHD, Soret and Dufour numbers and thermal radiation influence concentration, temperature and velocity profiles. In addition, the research assesses the effects on local Sherwood number, skin friction and Nusselt number.
Findings
In this investigation, the authors explore the movement of a needle away from its origin (
Practical implications
These results have practical applications across diverse fields, including heat transfer enhancement, energy conversion systems, advanced manufacturing and material processing.
Originality/value
This study is distinctive in its investigation of the flow of hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-SiO2/water) over a slender, moving needle. The analysis includes joule heating, MHD, porous medium, thermal radiation and considering the effects of Soret and Dufour.
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Sivasankaran Sivanandam and Turki J. Alqurashi
The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Joule heating, slip conditions, Dufour and Soret effects on three-dimensional magneto-convection of nanoliquid over a…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Joule heating, slip conditions, Dufour and Soret effects on three-dimensional magneto-convection of nanoliquid over a rotating surface in the existence of thermal radiation, viscous dissipation and internal heat generation/absorption.
Design/methodology/approach
The considered physical system is modelled by a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) with conditions at surface. Then, the nonlinear PDEs are altered into a system of ordinary differential equations and they are solved numerically by the Runge−Kutta−Fehlberg method. Plotting the collected velocity, temperature and solute concentration characteristics allows one to see how relevant parameters affect the results. Calculations are made for skin friction and the rate of heat and mass transfer.
Findings
The outcomes are portrayed in the form of tables and graphs with a wide range of parameter involved in the study. It is observed that the local thermal energy transfer rate enriches on increasing the value of both thermal and solute slips. The solutal slip parameter suppresses the solute transport rate and thermal slip supports the solute transport.
Practical implications
Combining the Dufour and Soret effects is used in oil reservoirs, binary alloy solidification and isotope separation in mixtures of gases. Heat exchangers, nuclear reactors and thermal engineering can all benefit from the usage of nanofluid with Joule heating.
Social implications
This study is mainly useful for thermal sciences and chemical engineering.
Originality/value
The investigation of the effects of slip circumstances and Joule heating on magnetohydrodynamic rotating nanoliquid stream with thermal radiation and cross-diffusion makes this work unique. The discoveries produced are valuable and distinctive, and they have applications in many areas of thermal science and technology.
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Sivasankaran Sivanandam, Turki J. Alqurashi and Hashim M. Alshehri
This study aims to investigate numerically the impact of the three-dimensional convective nanoliquid flow on a rotating frame embedded in the non-Darcy porous medium in the…
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate numerically the impact of the three-dimensional convective nanoliquid flow on a rotating frame embedded in the non-Darcy porous medium in the presence of activation energy. The cross-diffusion effects, i.e. Soret and Dufour effects, and heat generation are included in the study. The convective heating condition is applied on the bounding surface.
Design/methodology/approach
The control model consisted of a system of partial differential equations (PDE) with boundary constraints. Using suitable similarity transformation, the PDE transformed into an ordinary differential equation and solved numerically by the Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method. The obtained results of velocity, temperature and solute concentration characteristics plotted to show the impact of the pertinent parameters. The heat and mass transfer rate and skin friction are also calculated.
Findings
It is found that both Biot numbers enhance the heat and mass distribution inside the boundary layer region. The temperature increases by increasing the Dufour number, while concentration decreases by increasing the Dufour number. The heat transfer is increased up to 8.1% in the presence of activation energy parameter (E). But, mass transfer rate declines up to 16.6% in the presence of E.
Practical implications
The applications of combined Dufour and Soret effects are in separation of isotopes in mixture of gases, oil reservoirs and binary alloys solidification. The nanofluid with porous medium can be used in chemical engineering, heat exchangers and nuclear reactor.
Social implications
This study is mainly useful for thermal sciences and chemical engineering.
Originality/value
The uniqueness in this research is the study of the impact of activation energy and cross-diffusion on rotating nanoliquid flow with heat generation and convective heating condition. The obtained results are unique and valuable, and it can be used in various fields of science and technology.
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