Heat and Mass Transfer of a Peristaltic Electro-osmotic Flow of a Couple Stress Fluid through an Inclined Asymmetric Channel with Effects of Thermal Radiation and Chemical Reaction

• Published in: Periodica polytechnica. Mechanical engineering - Mas̆inostroenie Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 151 - 162
• Main Authors: Reddy, Kattamreddy Venugopal, Reddy, Machireddy Gnaneswara, Makinde, Oluwole Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Budapest Periodica Polytechnica, Budapest University of Technology and Economics 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Asymmetry; Biomedical engineering; Chemical reactions; Computational fluid dynamics; Electroosmosis; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Mathematical models; Microchannels; Nonlinear systems; Ohmic dissipation; Physical properties; Pumping; Resistance heating; Reynolds number; Temperature distribution; Thermal radiation
• DOI: 10.3311/PPme.16760
• ISSN: 0324-6051

The presented article addresses the electro-osmotic peristaltic flow of a couple stress fluid bounded in an inclined asymmetric micro-channel. The viscous dissipation, Joule heating and chemical reaction effects are employed simultaneously in the flow analysis. Heat and mass transfer have been studied under large wavelength and small Reynolds number. The resulting nonlinear systems are solved numerically. The influence of various dominant physical parameters is discussed for velocity, temperature distribution, concentration distribution and the pumping characteristics. Electro kinetic flow of fluids by micro-pumping through micro channels and micro peristaltic transport has accelerated considerable concern in accelerated medical technology and several areas of biomedical engineering. Deeper clarification of the fluid dynamics of such flow requires the continuous need for more delicate mathematical models and numerical simulations, in parallel with laboratory investigations.