Numerical Analysis of an Unsteady, Electroviscous, Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Flow with Chemical Reaction and Activation Energy across Parallel Plates

• Published in: Micromachines (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 874
• Main Authors: Bilal, Muhammad, Ahmed, A. El-Sayed, El-Nabulsi, Rami Ahmad, Ahammad, N. Ameer, Alharbi, Khalid Abdulkhaliq M., Elkotb, Mohamed Abdelghany, Anukool, Waranont, S. A., Zedan A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 31.05.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Activation energy; Aluminum oxide; Binary systems; Chemical reactions; Continuation methods; Darcy–Forchheimer flow; electric potential; electroviscous effect; Energy; Energy transfer; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Heat; Ionic liquids; Magnetic fields; Mass transfer; Mechanical properties; Molybdenum; Nanofluids; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Numerical analysis; Parallel plates; parametric continuation method; Partial differential equations; Radiation; Reynolds number; Silicon dioxide; Substitution reactions; ternary hybrid nanofluids; Titanium dioxide; Velocity; Pakistan
• ISSN: 2072-666X; 2072-666X
• DOI: 10.3390/mi13060874

Despite the recycling challenges in ionic fluids, they have a significant advantage over traditional solvents. Ionic liquids make it easier to separate the end product and recycle old catalysts, particularly when the reaction media is a two-phase system. In the current analysis, the properties of transient, electroviscous, ternary hybrid nanofluid flow through squeezing parallel infinite plates is reported. The ternary hybrid nanofluid is synthesized by dissolving the titanium dioxide (TiO2), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), and silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles in the carrier fluid glycol/water. The purpose of the current study is to maximize the energy and mass transfer rate for industrial and engineering applications. The phenomena of fluid flow is studied, with the additional effects of the magnetic field, heat absorption/generation, chemical reaction, and activation energy. The ternary hybrid nanofluid flow is modeled in the form of a system of partial differential equations, which are subsequently simplified to a set of ordinary differential equations through resemblance substitution. The obtained nonlinear set of dimensionless ordinary differential equations is further solved, via the parametric continuation method. For validity purposes, the outcomes are statistically compared to an existing study. The results are physically illustrated through figures and tables. It is noticed that the mass transfer rate accelerates with the rising values of Lewis number, activation energy, and chemical reaction. The velocity and energy transfer rate boost the addition of ternary NPs to the base fluid.