Abstract

Background and objectiveNanofluids possess significant enhancement in nanomaterial properties such as convective heat transfer coefficient, thermal conductivity (which increases volumetric fraction of nanoparticles) and diffusivity at reasonable nanoparticle concentration. Nanofluids provide interesting new opportunities to develop nanotechnology-based operative coolants for different kinds of innovative applications. Hydromagnetic radiative flow of nanomaterial by curved stretched sheet is addressed in presence of Darcy-Forchheimer relation. Heat generation and dissipation are deliberated. Variable mass diffusivity and thermal conductivity behaviors are under consideration. Convective conditions are taken into account. Random diffusion and thermophoresis behaviors are considered. Dufour and Soret behaviors are taken. Binary chemical reaction and thermal radiation are explored. Entropy rate is taken into consideration. MethodologyNonlinear formulation is reduced to ordinary differential system. Convergent solutions for nonlinear ordinary systems are developed invoking Optimal homotopy analysis method (OHAM). ResultsImpacts for influential parameters regarding fluid flow, pressure, thermal distribution, entropy and concentration are discussed. Larger magnetic variable has reverse behavior on entropy rate and pressure. Higher magnetic field intensifies thermal distribution whereas reverse effect noted for liquid flow. Thermal distribution has increasing trend for Dufour number and variable thermal conductivity. Concentration reduces for random motion and Schmidt number. Concentration has increasing behavior for Soret number and variable mass diffusivity parameter. Larger estimation of thermal Biot number has same impact on thermal distribution and entropy. Increasing behaviors of entropy rate and concentration for solutal Biot number are observed. Bejan number reduces against Brinkman number whereas opposite trend holds for radiation parameter.

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