Abstract
Abstract Mixed convection in gravity-driven non-Newtonian nanofluid films (Casson and Williamson) flow containing both nanoparticles and gyrotactic microorganisms along a convectively heated vertical surface is investigated. The actively controlled nanofluid model boundary conditions are used to explore the liquid films flow. The study exhibits an analytical approach for the non-Newtonian thin film nanofluids bioconvection based on physical mechanisms responsible for the nanoparticles and the base fluid, such as Brownian motion and thermophoresis. Both the fluids have almost the same behaviors for the effects of all the pertinent parameters except the effect of Schmidt number on the microorganism density function where the effect is opposite. Ordinary differential equations together with the boundary conditions are obtained through similarity variables from the governing equations of the problem, which are solved by HAM (Homotopy Analysis Method). The solution is expressed through graphs and illustrated which show the influences of all the parameters. The study is relevant to novel microbial fuel cell technologies combining the nanofluid with bioconvection phenomena.
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