Energy transport in MHD Maxwell hybrid nanofluid flow over inclined stretching porous sheet with effects of chemical reaction, solar radiation and porous medium

Abstract

The novel type of model of hybrid nanofluid attracted a lot of the attention of researchers due to wide-ranging physical applications in the energy producing, industrial and engineering fields. These fluids have enormous thermal performance compared to simple fluids and nanofluid engineering by the suspension of a single type of nanoparticles. Therefore, the current study is concerned with examining the heat and mass transfer process via hybrid nanofluid using non-Newtonian Maxwell liquid. The hybrid nanofluid fluid is engineered by the suspension of $A{l}_2{O}_3$-$Cu$ in Ethylene Glycol. The flow is induced due to linear porous stretching inclined plate fixed at angle $\zeta =\pi /6$. The flow geometry is porous and is embedded in a porous medium. The magnetohydrodynamic and suction effects are incorporated. The solar rays are included in the energy equation for heat transfer improvement. The shape of nanoparticles is taken as cylindrical form. The coupled equations are solved by bvp4c solver. The velocity field decreases for increasing magnetic field parameter, Maxwell fluid parameter, volume fractions of nanoparticles, and porosity parameter, but increases for increasing suction parameter. The temperature decreases against increasing values of magnetic field force, and suction parameter, but get rises for growing values of radiation parameter, and volume fractions. The concentration profile increases for increasing magnitudes of magnetic field parameters, porosity parameters, and volume fractions, but decreases for increasing chemical reaction parameter, and suction parameter. It has been noted that the purpose of the inclusion of thermal radiation is to enhance the temperature that is serving the purpose in the current work. The addition of Lorentz force is slow down the speed of the fluid to rise the boundary layer thickness which is visible in the current study. The increase in volume fraction of the nanoparticles is used to enhance the thermal performance of the hybrid nanofluid, which is evident in the current results. The current results are validated with the help comparison between current and previously published.