Numerical Study of the Electromagnetohydrodynamic Bioconvection Flow of Micropolar Nanofluid through a Stretching Sheet with Thermal Radiation and Stratification.

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The current work explores the bioconvection micropolar nanofluid through a stretching surface subjected to thermal radiation, stratification, and heat and mass transmission. Bioconvection contains the gyrotactic (random movement of microorganism in the direction of gravity with weak horizontal verticity) unicellular microorganism in aqueous environments. Heat and mass transfer assists the bioconvection to occur. The aim of this research is to evaluate the heat transfer rate of nanofluid in the presence of a unicellular microorganism. Self-similar variables are induced to reduce the governing equations into a non-linear differential system which is further solved via the bvp4c algorithm to tackle the fluid problem. Using visual representations, the effects of a number of dimensional less factors arising from the dimensional less differential system are determined. For a range of limiting conditions, the obtained results of this model correspond precisely to those in the literature. This study's findings are highly regarded in the evaluation of the impact of key design factors on heat transfer and, therefore, in the optimization of industrial processes. Skin friction, local Nusselt number, Sherwood number, and density of microorganism concentrations are also studied for various parameters. Buoyancy ratio factor supports skin friction and density of microorganism profile to increase. Local Nusselt number drops due to the thermal radiation factor. Brownian motion speeds up the Sherwood number.