Soret effect on transient magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow past a vertical plate through a porous medium with second order chemical reaction and thermal radiation

Abstract

In the present article, an investigation on the impact of Soret effect on unsteady magnetohydrodynamic natural convection flow of a viscous, electrically conducting and incompressible nanofluid over a vertical plate through a medium filled with porous materials with the consideration of a second order chemical reaction, has been investigated. Three kinds of water-based nanofluids, comprising of aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) and silver (Ag) as nanoparticles, are chosen for this analysis. Governing equations accompanied by the boundary and initial conditions are changed into non-dimensional form and then they are solved by Crank-Nicolson type finite difference scheme. The impact of relevant flow parameters on nanofluid velocity, nanofluid temperature and species concentration are depicted graphically with comprehensive discussions whereas numerical findings for coefficient of skin friction, wall temperature gradient i.e. Nusselt number and wall concentration gradient are depicted in tabular form. It has been observed that Soret effect has the ability to enhance the species concentration. The investigation we have performed here, has various scientific and industrial applications.