MHD dissipative flow past a permeable vertical plate in a porous medium in the presence of constant heat, mass flux, and diffusion‐thermo effect

Abstract

AbstractAn analytical study of heat and mass transport in magnetohydrodynamic convective flow over an indefinitely long porous plate, which is vertically immersed in the porous medium, is investigated when heat sink, diffusion‐thermo, and thermal radiation are present. A magnetic field with uniform strength has been applied transversely directed into the fluid region. Analysis of diffusion‐thermo impact within the flow problem with constant heat and constant mass flux in the presence of thermal radiation and heat sink is the novelty of the current work. By using the Eckert number E as the perturbation parameter, the regular perturbation approach is used to solve nondimensional governing equations. On the flow and transport characteristics, the effects of Prandtl number, Grashof number, Eckert number, Dufour number, Schmidt number, radiation, magnetic field, and heat sink parameter have been investigated graphically and in tabular form, respectively. The innovative aspect of the current study is the inclusion of the Dufour effect, in addition to constant heat and mass flux at the plate. The Dufour effect can be utilized to improve separation processes, such as distillation, extraction, and chromatography. When the Dufour number and radiation parameter increase, the fluid velocity increases, and while the heat sink parameter increases, it decreases. As dissipation increases, the velocity of the fluid also increases. The concentration of the fluid is enhanced as mass diffusivity increases. When the heat absorption sink grows, the temperature of the fluid decreases.