Entropy analysis in a mixed convective Carreau nanofluid flow around a wedge: impact of activation energy and sinusoidal magnetic field

Abstract

A wide range of real-world applications have proven the importance of non-Newtonian fluids near a wedge, including the oil and gas industry, the aerospace sector. This study elucidates the dynamics of a Carreau nanofluid around a wedge by combining entropy analysis with periodic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and activation energy. The dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs) that describe the fluid flow system undergo non-similar transformations, forming nondimensional PDEs. The numerical solution to these PDEs is obtained by applying quasilinearization followed by the implicit finite difference approach. In the case of n = 0.5 (power-law index), when We (Weissenberg number) improves from 0 to 4, surface friction ( R e 1 / 2 C f ) upsurges by approximately 23% and declines by around 41% in the case of n = 1.5. The mass transport intensity of liquid oxygen is about 18% higher than liquid nitrogen’s. Increasing the wedge angle results in a significant increase in fluid velocity.