INFLUENCE OF THERMAL RADIATION AND CHEMICAL REACTION DUE TO GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOFLUID FLOW ON A STRETCHING CYLINDER

Abstract

The convective flow of graphene-based nanofluid flow is investigated in the present study. The flow is modeled using the Buongiorno model and transformed using suitable transformation. The obtained nonlinear coupled ordinary differential equations are solved using the linearization method together with Chebyshev's spectral collocation method. Various parameters including thermal radiation and chemical reaction are embedded to study their consequent impacts on the predominant cause for the generated entropy. The results are graphed, and quantities of practical importance such as the values of Nusselt number, Sherwood number, and skin friction are tabulated. In order to validate the obtained numerical solution, a comparative analysis is presented. The obtained results show that the chemical reaction and radiation parameters positively impact the convective heat transfer.