Hall and ion‐slip effects on steady MHD free convective flow through a porous medium in a vertical microchannel

Abstract

AbstractWe have considered the steady fully developed magnetohydrodynamic free convection flow through a porous medium in a microchannel bounded by two infinite vertical parallel plates due to asymmetric heating of plates taking Hall and ion‐slip effects into account. Effects of velocity slip and temperature jump have been considered on the microchannel surfaces, and the exact solutions have been obtained for momentum and energy equations under relevant boundary conditions. The influence of governing parameters on flow formation is discussed with the aid of graphs. The significant result from the study is that an increase in the value of rarefaction parameter leads to enhancement in volume flow rate. Furthermore, it is evident that the volume flow rate is found to be an increasing function of the Hall current parameter.