Electromagnetohydrodynamic electroosmotic flow and entropy generation of third-grade fluids in a parallel microchannel

Abstract

The present paper discusses the electromagnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) electroosmotic flow (EOF) and entropy generation of incompressible third-grade fluids in a parallel microchannel. Numerical solutions of the non-homogeneous partial differential equations of velocity and temperature are obtained by the Chebyshev spectral collocation method. The effects of non-Newtonian parameter, Hartman number Ha and Brinkman number Br on the velocity, temperature, Nusselt number and entropy generation are analyzed in detail and shown graphically. The main results show that both temperature and Nusselt number decrease with the non-Newtonian physical parameter, while the local and total entropy generation rates exhibit an adverse trend, which means that non-Newtonian parameter can provoke the local entropy generation rate. In addition, we also find that the increase of non-Newtonian parameter can lead to the increase of the critical Hartman number Hac.