Spectral quasi-linearization method for Casson fluid with homogeneous heterogeneous reaction in presence of nonlinear thermal radiation over an exponential stretching sheet
Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures
ISSN: 1573-6105
Article publication date: 23 November 2018
Issue publication date: 21 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The focus of the paper is only on the contributions toward the use of entropy generation of non-Newtonian Casson fluid over an exponential stretching sheet. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the entropy generation and homogeneous–heterogeneous reaction. Velocity and thermal slips are considered instead of no-slip conditions at the boundary.
Design/methodology/approach
Basic equations in form of partial differential equations are converted into a system of ordinary differential equations and then solved using the spectral quasi-linearization method (SQLM).
Findings
The validity of the model is established using error analysis. Variation of the velocity, temperature, concentration profiles and entropy generation against some of the governing parameters are presented graphically. It is to be noted that the increase in entropy generation due to increase in heterogeneous reaction parameter is due to the increase in heat transfer irreversibility. It is further noted that the Bejan number decreases with Brinkman number because increase in Brinkman number reduces the total entropy generation.
Originality/value
This paper acquires realistic numerical explanations for rapidly convergent temperature and concentration profiles using the SQLM. Convergence of the numerical solutions was monitored using the residual error of the PDEs. The resulting equations are then integrated using the SQLM. The influence of emergent flow, heat and mass transfer parameters effects are shown graphically.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thanks Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, financially supported the research work.
Citation
Das, S., Mondal, H., Kundu, P.K. and Sibanda, P. (2019), "Spectral quasi-linearization method for Casson fluid with homogeneous heterogeneous reaction in presence of nonlinear thermal radiation over an exponential stretching sheet", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 398-417. https://doi.org/10.1108/MMMS-04-2018-0073
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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