Analysis of unsteady thermo-solutal MoS[formula omitted]-EO Brinkman electro-conductive reactive nanofluid transport in a hybrid rotating Hall MHD generator

Abstract

MHD rotating generators offer a plausible renewable energy mechanism. New designs are emerging in which nanotechnology is contributing. Such systems are increasingly deploying more complex functional fluid materials such as base fluids containing magnetic nanoparticles which constitute electromagnetic nanofluids and can be tuned to enhance efficiencies. Motivated by these developments, a mathematical model is presented for the combined effects of Hall current, heat source, chemical reaction and radiative flux on the unsteady rotating thermo-solutal magnetohydrodynamic transport of a Molybdenum disulphide (MoS 2)-EO oil electroconductive Brinkman nanofluid to study the boundary layer characteristics in the vicinity of the side wall of an MHD generator system. The governing dimensional conservation equations are scaled using appropriate transformations into a system of dimensionless coupled partial differential equations. Under appropriate initial and boundary conditions, solutions are derived using the Laplace Transform Method (LTM) and complex variables. The physical impacts of the magnetic, nanoscale, thermal and species control parameters on primary and secondary velocity, temperature and concentration are visualized graphically. The judicious doping of the base fluid with MoS 2 nanoparticles is shown to achieve superior thermal performance for MHD rotating energy generators.