Variable thermal conductivity and chemical reaction aspects in MHD tangent hyperbolic nanofluid flow over an exponentially stretching surface

Abstract

This work objective focuses on studying the combined influences of variable thermal conductivity, chemical reaction, and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) on the flow of a tangent hyperbolic nanofluid flow over an exponentially stretching surface, considering a first-order velocity slip condition. Additionally, thermophoresis and Brownian motion impacts are taken into account. The phenomena of heat transfer are analyzed considering several factors such as thermal radiation, Joule heating and nonlinear heat source. On the other hand, mass transfer is explored under the effect of chemical reaction. Tangent hyperbolic fluid is an important branch of non-Newtonian fluids known for its ability to describe shear thinning effects. Understanding fluid flow on exponentially stretched surfaces is of great significance due to its applications in various industrial processes. These applications include fluid film condensing methods, plastic production for making plastic covers, fiber manufacturing (where it is used to spin fibers), glass blowing, metallurgical procedures, and the paper industry. The concept of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is significant due to its various engineering applications, such as MHD generators, flow meters, heat reservoirs, small components in different devices, and cooling systems for nuclear reactors. To analyze the system, using similarity transformations, the governing equations of continuity, velocity, and concentration are transformed into non-dimensional differential equations. The numerical solution is obtained using the shooting technique. The study presents the physical significance of all the fluid parameters involved, focusing on the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles. These profiles are presented graphically and discussed in detail. The results show that the fluid velocity profile increases with enhancing values of the We and the magnetic number M. The thermal profile increases with higher Nt and Rd The concentration profile decreases with higher values of Qt and Nb.