Thermodynamic analysis of EMHD ternary nanofluid flow with shape factor effects over a shrinking sheet: A non-Fourier heat flux model

Abstract

The investigation of the flow characteristics of ternary hybrid nanofluids through a contracting sheet has considerable importance due to its potential for achieving exceptionally high rates of heat transfer. The ternary hybrid nanofluid then absorbs heat from the surface and carries it away. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of couple stress and activation energy parameters on the flow of a ternary hybrid nanofluid ( H 2 O + MWCNT + ZnO + Al 2 O 3 ) through a contracting sheet with electric forces and convective boundary conditions. The heat flux model created by Cattaneo and Christov is utilized to examine the mechanism of heat transmission. The equations necessary to depict the problem have been transformed into a system, which has subsequently been resolved using the bvp4c solver (MATLAB built-in function). It is found that there is a rise in the Bejan number with the increase in the couple stress parameter. An increase in the volume percentage of multi-walled carbon nanotubes ( ϕ MW ) is observed to result in an augmentation of entropy generation . It has been observed that there is a fall in the friction factor when the couple stress parameter rises and at 0 ≤ Ed ≤ 0.6 , (electric field parameter), the friction factor is seen to rise at a rate of 0.638797 (Platelet) and (0.638784). A positive correlation is observed between the thermal relaxation parameter ( ϒ ) and fluid temperature, indicating that a rise in the former leads to an increase in the latter. It is discovered that, when 0 ≤ ϒ ≤ 0.3 , the Nusselt number rises by 0.022587 (Platelet) and 0.022275 (Cylinder). There is a negative correlation between the upsurge in the activation energy parameter ( Eg ) and the corresponding rise in the Sherwood number. At 0 ≤ Eg ≤ 3 , the Sherwood number is seen to decline at a rate of 0.0321 (Platelet) and 0.03208 (Cylinder).