Mixed convection flow of radiated Sutterby nanofluid by stretchable cylinder with irreversibility and heat generation

Abstract

Entropy generation has gained consideration of researchers due to its applications. Applications of entropy occur in chillers, desert collars, refrigerators, and all type of heat transfer devices. Due to vast range of applications of entropy, in this study irreversibility in Sutterby nanofluid flow by stretchable cylinder is discussed. While reporting momentum equation magnetic field and mixed convection effects are considered. Influences of radiation, Joule heating, and heat source are deliberated in the expression for thermal energy. Chemical reaction impact is taken in the modeling of concentration equation. Irreversibility for the considered flow is obtained by utilizing thermodynamics second law. Dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs) representing the flow are transformed to dimensionless ordinary differential equations(ODEs) through similarity transformations. Solution of ODEs is obtained via NDSolve code of Mathematica. Impact of flow parameters on velocity, entropy, temperature, Bejan number, and concentration are studied graphically. Engineering quantities are analyzed numerically. It is noticed through achieved results that velocity drops for higher magnetic variable while upsurges for higher curvature variable. Thermal field boosts for higher magnetic and heat source parameter. For rising diffusion and radiation variables entropy improves.