Irreversibility analysis of a convective nanofluid flow over a rotating cone in a permeable media with Cattaneo–Christov heat flux and surface-catalyzed reaction

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the two-dimensional incompressible, steady MHD-mixed convective nanofluid flow with homogenous–heterogeneous (hh) reaction and Cattaneo–Christov heat flux (CCHF) past a rotating cone. The uniqueness of the presented model is the consideration of the surface-catalyzed reaction while considering the hh reactions on the surface of the cone in the existence of a permeable medium. Owing to this supposition, the rate of reaction is provoked in the least possible time. Moreover, irreversibility analysis is also performed for the suggested mathematical model in the wake of the second law of thermodynamics. The impacts of slip conditions and heat sink/source are also assessed here. The numerical model of these governing equations is solved using the MATLAB bvp4c package that addresses the system of ODES extracted from the governing PDEs. Graphs are used to evaluate the important consequences of the main arising parameters versus the concerned fields. The results revealed that in the presence of a high magnetic field, the temperature is enhanced. Moreover, the Entropy generation is boosted for magnetic and diffusion parameters. The results presented for this model are also corroborated by associating them with the published study.