Modeling of micropolar hybrid nanofluids flow across porous medium between permeable parallel plates with nonlinear thermal radiative in MHD

Abstract

The study pertains on the dynamics and thermal distribution of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) micropolar hybrid nanofluids flowing between two parallel plates channel. It explores the enhancement of heat transport processes by blending the base fluid with nanoparticles at varying concentrations. A system of nonlinear partial differential equations is developed as governing equations for momenta and heat energy. To facilitate numerical solutions for fluid temperature and velocities, this formulation is translated into ordinary differential form using the necessary similarity transformation. By utilizing Matlab code for the Runge–Kutta method and shooting approach, we evaluate the results. It has been observed that an increase in the concentration of hybrid nanoparticles enhance the heat transmission. The salient findings of this study reveal alteration in the velocity profiles for both nanofluid (SWCNT/water) and hybrid nanofluids (SWCNT + MWCNT/water) flow. Notably, with a substantial input of magnetic field strength (M) and porosity parameters (P0), the velocity is increased near the walls but it decelerates toward the center of channel. Additionally, the temperature rises for hybrid nanofluids. Furthermore, an increase in the θ w temperature ratio parameter leads to an enhanced thermal distribution.