Numerical and neural network approaches to heat transfer flow in MHD dissipative ternary fluid through Darcy-Forchheimer permeable channel

Abstract

The study of heat transfer in fluid flows across permeable media is critical in many engineering applications, including energy systems, cooling technologies, and chemical processes. This study aims to explore the impact of joule heating and heat transfer flow of an MHD dissipative ternary fluid through a channel embedded in a Darcy-Forchheimer permeable medium. Additionally, the utilization of ternary hybrid nanofluids, composed of a base fluid and three nanoparticles Al2O3, MoS2, and Cu has emerged as a promising avenue for augmenting thermal conductivity and heat transfer rates. The governing equations are transformed into a set of coupled ordinary differential equations by employing similarity variables and simplified by bvp4c and artificial neural network (ANN) model approaches. Results reveal that significant enhancement in the velocity field at the lower channel wall and reductions at the upper wall, while fluid temperature decreases with increasing Prandtl number. Further, the heat transfer rate increases with an increase in the Prandtl number and magnetic field whereas the skin friction decays with an increase in the magnetic field. Meanwhile, the comparison was carried out for the temperature field by using bvp4c & ANN and the results are strongly correlated.