Abstract

AbstractAn attempt has been made to investigate the problem of nonlinear free convection heat and mass transfer flow past an infinite vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium by taking into account thermal radiation and heat sink with constant heat and mass flux. Transversely oriented and of uniform strength , a magnetic field has been introduced to the fluid area. The nonlinear density variation with temperature as well as concentration are the basis for the current physical situation, which is explained by this mathematical model. Exact solutions are derived for momentum equation, energy equation, and species continuity equation under the relevant boundary conditions. The dimensionless governing equations are analytically solved. The influence of various physical parameters, such as Dufour number, Schmidt number, thermal Grashof number, magnetic parameter, mass Grashof number, heat sink, thermal radiation, Prandtl number, chemical reaction parameter on the flow, and transport characteristic, has been presented graphically and in tabular form. The novelty of the present investigation is that here both constant heat and mass flux at the plate are taken into account in addition to thermal radiation and heat sink. The findings of the mathematical study demonstrate that velocity, temperature, and skin friction intensify with a rise in the Dufour number this is due to the fact that the convection current becomes stronger as the Dufour number rises. Fluid's concentration declines as the Schmidt number grows, or the concentration rises as the mass diffusivity rises. Fluid temperature is enhanced with high thermal diffusivity. Frictional resistance on the plate hikes due to thermal buoyancy force.

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