MHD Free Convection from a Semi-infinite Vertical Porous Plate with Diffusion-Thermo Effect

Abstract

An analytical solution for two-dimensional unsteady MHD free convective mass transfer flows of viscous incompressible optically thin fluid past a semi-infinite vertical porous plate in the presence of thermal radiation and chemical reaction is presented in this paper. A uniform magnetic field is applied normally to the plate with a first-order chemical reaction. The non-dimensional governing equations are solved analytically by using the regular perturbation technique. The effects of various physical parameters like radiation parameter Q, Dufour effect Du, chemical reaction parameter K, thermal Grashof number Gr, Hartmann number M, porosity parameter k, etc., are studied and demonstrated graphically. One of the significant findings of this analysis includes that an intensification of the chemical reaction effect causes a downfall in the fluid concentration. In contrast, another important outcome of the present study is that the rate of heat transfer and shear stress at the wall increases under the diffusion thermo effect or Dufour effect. Still, it tends to fall for high radiation. Further, the rate of mass transfer rises under the chemical reaction effect.