Computational workflow to monitor the electroosmosis of nanofluidic flow in the vicinity of a bounding surface

Abstract

This investigation studies the flow of a boundary layer with electroosmotic forces on a nanofluid with gyrotactic microorganisms along the vertical Riga plate. This sort of fluid movement necessitates specific mathematical techniques and numerical simulations. In addition, the boundary-layer flow is induced by the mass and heat transfer, Joule heating, and viscous dissipation. A mathematical model is simulated by non-linear partial differential equations (PDEs). The combination of PDEs is turned into a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations using proper transformations. Some analysis tools are used to investigate the morphological characteristics of the problem while applying suitable boundary conditions. The influence of parameters on the derived solutions is numerically and visually explained through sets of figures. It is elucidated that the concentration of the microorganisms reduces due to an increase in Lewis number which leads to a decrease in the motile microorganism’s density profile. It is seen that the temperature distribution is improved when the chemical reaction and Casson parameter increase. In addition, we find that the application of electro-osmotic forces applied to the surfaces helps to dewater and separate microorganisms from incompressible solid and liquid mixtures.