Heat and mass transfer for MHD peristaltic flow in a micropolar nanofluid: mathematical model with thermophysical features

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 21540
• Main Authors: Abd-Alla, A. M., Abo-Dahab, S. M., Thabet, Esraa N., Abdelhafez, M. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.12.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/705/1041; 639/705/1042; 639/925; Brownian motion; Energy conservation; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Humanities and Social Sciences; Magnetic fields; Mass transfer; Mathematical models; multidisciplinary; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Porous media; Reynolds number; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Shear stress
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26057-6

According to a survey of the literature, nanofluids are superior to traditional fluids at transferring heat. A detailed analysis of the models mentioned above is crucial since there are large gaps in the illumination of current solutions for improving heat transfer in nanomaterials. The ongoing investigation's purpose is to ascertain the tiny size gold particles drift in free with the heat and mass transfer, buoyancy forces, thermophoresis, and Brownian motion of a micropolar nanofluid being transported through a porous medium in an asymmetric channel with a uniform magnetic field using a long-wavelength and low Reynolds number approximation. The resulting dimensionless nonlinear governing equations have been numerically solved using a MATLAB software and the Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg integration scheme. Two comparisons with previously investigated problems are also made to confirm our findings, and an excellent concurrence is discovered. As a result, trustworthy results are being given. Numerical solutions are used to describe the effects of different thermal-fluidic parameters on velocity profiles, temperature, concentration, micropolar rotation, pressure gradient, shear stress, heat flux, and nanoparticle volume flux, etc. Tables, graphs, and bar charts are used to present and discuss numerical results that have been produced. A comparison of the resulting numerical solution to earlier literature also reveals a satisfactory level of agreement. Insight into real-world applications such nanofluidic, energy conservation, friction reduction, and power generation are provided by this work. Furthermore, the Brownian and thermophoresis parameters behave significantly differently in a concentration field. On the other hand, the study puts forward an important note that for peristaltic flow of a micropolar fluid with nanoparticles can be controlled by suitably adjusting the micropolar parameter, thermophoresis parameter, nanoparticle Grashof number, and Brownian motion parameter.