Radiation and Chemical Reaction Effects on MHD Thermosolutal Nanofluid Flow over a Vertical Plate in Porous Medium

Abstract

In this study we discussed the influence of radiation and chemical reaction on MHD thermosolutal nanofluid convective slip flow over a vertical plate in porous medium in presence of thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects. The governing boundary layer partial differential equations are transformed into system of ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformation and then solved numerically using bvp5c Matlab package. The effects of dimensionless governing parameters on the flow, heat and mass transfer was discussed and presented through graphs. Also, the skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are computed and discussed. Results indicate that an increase in chemical reaction parameter enhances the mass transfer rate.

Keywords: MHD, Radiation, Chemical Reaction, Nanofluid, Convection.