Chemical reaction and radiation absorption effects on the flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid in a rotating system

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of radiation absorption and chemical reaction on MHD free convection heat transfer flow of a nanofluid bounded by a semi-infinite flat plate in a rotating frame of reference. The plate is assumed to oscillate in time with steady frequency so that the solutions of the boundary layer are the similar oscillatory kind. The entire system rotates about the axes normal to the plate. The dimensionless governing differential equations for this investigation are solved analytically using perturbation method. The effects of various important parameters entering into the problem on velocity, temperature, skin friction and Nusselt number within the boundary layer are discussed for Cu–water-based nanofluid with the help of graphs. The predicted consequences obviously point out that the presence of nanoparticles in the base fluid improves the heat transfer process significantly. The results also show that the values of Nusselt number in case of nanofluid are more pronounced than that of micropolar fluid.