Magnetohydrodynamic Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Flow Due to a Rotating Disk With Thermal Diffusion Effect

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kh. Abdul Maleque

Considering the importance of mass transfer in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) convective flow, a numerical solution is obtained for a steady three-dimensional MHD convective mass transfer flow in an incompressible fluid due to a rotating disk with thermal diffusion. The governing partial differential equations of the MHD convective mass transfer flow are reduced to nonlinear ordinary differential equations by introducing suitable similarity transformations. The nonlinear similarity equations are then solved numerically by Nachtsheim–Swigert iteration technique. The results of the numerical solution are then presented graphically in the form of velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles. The corresponding skin-friction coefficients, the Nusselt number, and the Sherwood number are also calculated and displayed in tables showing the effects of various parameters on them. A good comparison between the present numerical predictions and the previously published data (Sparrow, and Gregg, 1959, “Heat Transfer From a Rotating Disk to Fluids of Any Prandtl Number,” ASME J. Heat Transfer, 8, pp. 249–251; Benton, 1966, “On the Flow Due to a Rotating Disc,” J. Fluid Mech., 24, pp. 781–800) has been achieved.

1960 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
J. L. Gregg

The effects of mass injection or removal at the surface of a rotating disk on heat transfer and on the flow field about the disk are studied. Consideration is given to gaseous systems which are composed of either one or two component gases. Solutions of the equations which govern the hydrodynamics, energy transfer, and mass diffusion have been obtained over the entire range from large suction velocities to large blowing velocities. Results are given for the velocity, temperature, and mass-fraction distributions, as well as for the heat-transfer, mass-transfer, and torque requirements. The effects of the mass transfer are discussed in detail. It is shown that fluid injection sharply decreases the heat transfer at the surface.


2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Alam ◽  
M. M. Rahman ◽  
M. A. Samad

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Yu ◽  
Muhammad Ramzan ◽  
Saima Riasat ◽  
Seifedine Kadry ◽  
Yu-Ming Chu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe nanofluids owing to their alluring attributes like enhanced thermal conductivity and better heat transfer characteristics have a vast variety of applications ranging from space technology to nuclear reactors etc. The present study highlights the Ostwald-de-Waele nanofluid flow past a rotating disk of variable thickness in a porous medium with a melting heat transfer phenomenon. The surface catalyzed reaction is added to the homogeneous-heterogeneous reaction that triggers the rate of the chemical reaction. The added feature of the variable thermal conductivity and the viscosity instead of their constant values also boosts the novelty of the undertaken problem. The modeled problem is erected in the form of a system of partial differential equations. Engaging similarity transformation, the set of ordinary differential equations are obtained. The coupled equations are numerically solved by using the bvp4c built-in MATLAB function. The drag coefficient and Nusselt number are plotted for arising parameters. The results revealed that increasing surface catalyzed parameter causes a decline in thermal profile more efficiently. Further, the power-law index is more influential than the variable thickness disk index. The numerical results show that variations in dimensionless thickness coefficient do not make any effect. However, increasing power-law index causing an upsurge in radial, axial, tangential, velocities, and thermal profile.


Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amer Qureshi

In this paper, heat transfer and entropy of steady Williamson nanofluid flow based on the fundamental symmetry is studied. The fluid is positioned over a stretched flat surface moving non-uniformly. Nanofluid is analyzed for its flow and thermal transport properties by consigning it to a convectively heated slippery surface. Thermal conductivity is assumed to be varied with temperature impacted by thermal radiation along with axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Boundary layer approximations lead to partial differential equations, which are transformed into ordinary differential equations in light of a single phase model accounting for Cu-water and TiO2-water nanofluids. The resulting ODEs are solved via a finite difference based Keller box scheme. Various formidable physical parameters affecting fluid movement, difference in temperature, system entropy, skin friction and Nusselt number around the boundary are presented graphically and numerically discussed. It has also been observed that the nanofluid based on Cu-water is identified as a superior thermal conductor rather than TiO2-water based nanofluid.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 168781402093046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Saeed Khan ◽  
Qayyum Shah ◽  
Arif Sohail

Entropy generation in bioconvection two-dimensional steady incompressible non-Newtonian Oldroyd-B nanofluid with Cattaneo–Christov heat and mass flux theory is investigated. The Darcy–Forchheimer law is used to study heat and mass transfer flow and microorganisms motion in porous media. Using appropriate similarity variables, the partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary differential equations which are then solved by homotopy analysis method. For an insight into the problem, the effects of various parameters on different profiles are shown in different graphs.


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