Casson fluid flow in a vertical annulus through porous medium with heat transfer characteristics and chemical reaction: An exact solution

Abstract

This study explores heat and mass transport in natural convection of Casson fluid in a vertical annulus via porous medium. Impacts of thermal radiation, heat source and chemical reaction are taken into consideration. The equations representing the model reduced into nondimensional ordinary differential equations under adequate transformations are solved analytically. Closed form solutions are obtained for the problem in terms of Bessel’s functions. Influences of various arising parameters such as porous medium parameter, heat generation, thermal radiation, thermal Grashof number, solutal Grashof number, etc. on flow, temperature and concentration fields are exhibited by graphs and discussed. Also, we have solved the problem numerically on MATLAB software employing the bvp4c technique along with shooting technique. The exact and numerical solutions compared found a good match. Moreover, the effects of numerous parameters on quantities of physical importance such as skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are also portrayed and discussed. Heat exchangers, energy storage systems such as batteries and inverters, thermal storage and thermal protection systems are some examples of applications of the study.