Numerical investigation of magnetized nanofluid flow with thermal radiation and homogeneous/heterogeneous reactions over a vertical cylinder

Abstract

Nanofluid flow has gained attention due to its promising applications in numerous industries. Nanofluids exhibit a significant advantage over conventional fluids due to their superior heat transfer capability, attributed to the presence of nanoparticles that enhance thermal conductivity, resulting in improved heat dissipation and efficiency. Current research aims to numerically investigate the impact of homogeneity and heterogeneity on the mixed convection flow of incompressible viscous nanofluids through a vertically permeable cylinder under suction/injection circumstances. The study also considers thermal radiation and heat source/sink phenomena. Ethylene glycol is utilized as base fluid, while nanoparticles include silicon carbide SiC and Titanium dioxide TiO2. The mathematical flow model, based on nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs), is converted into ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by using suitable similarity transformations that pronounced nonlinear system of ODEs. To deal with this nonlinear system, the bvp4c and shooting methods are used in the commercial software MATLAB to solve these ODEs numerically. The impacts of flow parameters on various quantities of interest are elaborated graphically. From obtained results it is analyzed that velocity field boosts up versus higher values of nanoaprticle volume fraction. The velocity field is decreases with increasing the amount of magnetic field. An increase in the thermal field is observe with a rise in the thermal radiation parameter. The good agreement between current results and published work is noted.