Thermophoresis and Brownian motion effects on boundary layer flow of nanofluid in presence of thermal stratification due to solar energy

The problem of laminar fluid flow, which results from the stretching of a vertical surface with variable stream conditions in a nanofluid due to solar energy, is in- vestigated numerically. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the effects of the Brownian motion and thermophoresis in the presence of thermal stratification. The sym- metry groups admitted by the corresponding boundary value problem are obtained by using a special form of Lie group transformations, namely, the scaling group of transfor- mations. An exact solution is obtained for the translation symmetrys, and the numerical solutions are obtained for the scaling symmetry. This solution depends on the Lewis number, the Brownian motion parameter, the thermal stratification parameter, and the thermophoretic parameter. The conclusion is drawn that the flow field, the temperature, and the nanoparticle volume fraction profiles are significantly influenced by these param- eters. Nanofluids have been shown to increase the thermal conductivity and convective heat transfer performance of base liquids. Nanoparticles in the base fluids also offer the potential in improving the radiative properties of the liquids, leading to an increase in the efficiency of direct absorption solar collectors.

Lie symmetry group transformation for MHD natural convection flow of nanofluid over linearly porous stretching sheet in presence of thermal stratification

The magnetohydrodynamics （MHD） convection flow and heat transfer of an incompressible viscous nanofluid past a semi-infinite vertical stretching sheet in the pres- ence of thermal stratification are examined. The partial differential equations governing the problem under consideration are transformed by a special form of the Lie symmetry group transformations, i.e., a one-parameter group of transformations into a system of ordinary differential equations which are numerically solved using the Runge-Kutta-Gill- based shooting method. It is concluded that the flow field, temperature, and nanoparticle volume fraction profiles are significantly influenced by the thermal stratification and the magnetic field.

Carbon nanotubes on unsteady MHD non-Darcy flow over porous wedge in presence of thermal radiation energy

The thermal radiation energy is the clean energy with a much lower environmental impact than the conventional energy. The objective of the present work is to investigate theoretically the effect of copper nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes （CNTs） in the presence of base fluid （water） with the variable stream condition due to the thermal radiation energy. Single-walled carbon nanotubes （SWCNTs） in the presence of base fluid flow over a porous wedge play a significant role compared to those of copper nanoparticles on absorbing the incident solar radiation and transiting it to the working fluid by convection.

Local non-similarity solution to impact of chemical reaction on MHD mixed convection heat and mass transfer flow over porous wedge in the presence of suction /injection

Combined heat and mass transfer on free, forced, and mixed convection flow along a porous wedge with magnetic effect in the presence of chemical reaction is investigated. The flow field characteristics are analyzed by the Runge-Kutta-Gill scheme with the shooting method as well as the local non-similarity method up to the third level of truncation, which are used to reduce the governing partial differential equations into nine ordinary differential equations. The governing boundary layer equations are converted to a dimensionless form by Falkner-Skan transformations. Because of the effect of suction/injection on the wall of the wedge with buoyancy force and variable wall temperature, the flow field is locally non-similar. Numerical calculations up to the third order level of truncation are carried out as a special case for different values of dimensionless parameters. Effects of the magnetic field strength in the presence of chemical reaction with variable wall temperature and concentration on the dimensionless velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are shown graphically.