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Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. ISSN 0973-1768 Volume 13, Number 6 (2017), pp. 1777-1798 Β© Research India Publications http://www.ripublication.com Mathematical Analysis for Optically Thin Radiating/ Chemically Reacting Fluid in a Darcian Porous Regime Nava Jyoti Hazarika 1 and Sahin Ahmed 2 1 Department of Mathematics, Tyagbir Hem Baruah College, Jamugurihat, Sonitpur-784189, Assam, India. 2 Department of Mathematics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791112, India. Abstract In this paper, we analyzed an unsteady MHD flow of two-dimensional, laminar, incompressible, Newtonian, electrically-conducting and radiating fluid along a semi-infinite vertical permeable moving plate with periodic heat and mass transfer by taking into account the effect of viscous dissipation in presence of chemical reaction. A uniform magnetic field is applied transversely to the porous plate. The plate moves with a constant velocity in the direction of the fluid flow while the free stream velocity follows an exponentially increasing small perturbation law subject to a constant suction velocity to the plate. The dimensionless governing equations for this investigation are solved analytically using two-term harmonic and non- harmonic functions. Numerical evaluation of the analytical results are performed and graphical results for velocity, temperature and concentration profiles within the boundary layer and the tabulated results for the Skin- friction co-efficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are presented and discussed. It is seen that, an increase in chemical reaction parameter leads to decrease both fluid velocity as well as concentration. Moreover, the skin- friction has been depressed by the influence of chemical reaction parameter, where as the rate of heat transfer is escalated. The present model has several important applications such as dispersion of chemicals contaminants, superconvecting geothermics, geothermal energy extractions and plasma physics. Keywords: Thin gray gas; Dispersion of chemicals contaminants; Viscous dissipation; MHD; Darcian regime; skin-friction. Corresponding author: Sahin Ahmed

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  • Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.

    ISSN 0973-1768 Volume 13, Number 6 (2017), pp. 1777-1798

    Β© Research India Publications

    http://www.ripublication.com

    Mathematical Analysis for Optically Thin Radiating/

    Chemically Reacting Fluid in a Darcian Porous Regime

    Nava Jyoti Hazarika1 and Sahin Ahmed2

    1Department of Mathematics, Tyagbir Hem Baruah College, Jamugurihat, Sonitpur-784189, Assam, India.

    2Department of Mathematics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh-791112, India.

    Abstract

    In this paper, we analyzed an unsteady MHD flow of two-dimensional,

    laminar, incompressible, Newtonian, electrically-conducting and radiating

    fluid along a semi-infinite vertical permeable moving plate with periodic heat

    and mass transfer by taking into account the effect of viscous dissipation in

    presence of chemical reaction. A uniform magnetic field is applied

    transversely to the porous plate. The plate moves with a constant velocity in

    the direction of the fluid flow while the free stream velocity follows an

    exponentially increasing small perturbation law subject to a constant suction

    velocity to the plate. The dimensionless governing equations for this

    investigation are solved analytically using two-term harmonic and non-

    harmonic functions. Numerical evaluation of the analytical results are

    performed and graphical results for velocity, temperature and concentration

    profiles within the boundary layer and the tabulated results for the Skin-

    friction co-efficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are presented and

    discussed. It is seen that, an increase in chemical reaction parameter leads to

    decrease both fluid velocity as well as concentration. Moreover, the skin-

    friction has been depressed by the influence of chemical reaction parameter,

    where as the rate of heat transfer is escalated. The present model has several

    important applications such as dispersion of chemicals contaminants,

    superconvecting geothermics, geothermal energy extractions and plasma

    physics.

    Keywords: Thin gray gas; Dispersion of chemicals contaminants; Viscous

    dissipation; MHD; Darcian regime; skin-friction.

    Corresponding author: Sahin Ahmed

  • 1778 Nava Jyoti Hazarika and Sahin Ahmed

    1. INTRODUCTION

    The study of heat and mass transfer to chemical reacting MHD free convection flow

    with radiation effects on a vertical plate has received a growing interest during the last

    decades. Accurate knowledge of the overall convection heat transfer has vital

    importance in several fields such as thermal insulation, dying of porous solid

    materials, heat exchangers, stream pipes, water heaters, refrigerators, electrical

    conductors and industrial, geophysical and astrophysical applications such as polymer

    production, manufacturing of ceramic, packed-bed catalytic reactor, food processing,

    cooling of nuclear reactor, enhanced oil recovery, underground energy transport,

    magnetized plasma flow, high speed plasma wind, cosmic jets and stellar system. For

    some industrial application such as glass production, furnace design, propulsion

    systems, plasma physics and spacecraft re-entry aerothermodynamics which operate

    at higher temperatures and radiation effect can also be significant. Consolidated

    effects of heat and mass transfer problems are of importance in many chemical

    formulations and reactive chemicals. Therefore, considerable attention had been paid

    in recent years to study the influence of the participating parameters on the velocity

    fields. More such engineering application can be seeing in electrical power generation

    system when the electrical energy is extracted directly from a moving conducting

    fluid.

    There has been a renewed interest in studying Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow

    and heat transfer in porous and non-porous media due to the effect of magnetic fields

    on the boundary layer flow control and on the performance of many systems using

    electrically conducting fluids. In addition, this type of flow finds applications in many

    engineering problems such as MHD generators, plasma studies, nuclear reactors and

    geothermal energy extractors. Chamkha [1] presented an unsteady MHD convective

    heat and mass transfer past a semi-infinite vertical permeable moving plate with heat

    absorption. An analysis of an unsteady MHD convective flow past a vertical moving

    plate embedded in a porous medium in the presence of transverse magnetic field a

    reported by Kim [2]. Singh [3] studied the effects of mass transfer on free convection

    in MHD flow of viscous fluid. Ahmed [4] looked the effects of unsteady free

    convective MHD flow through a porous medium bounded by an infinite vertical

    porous plate. Raptis [5] studied mathematically the case of unsteady two-dimensional

    natural convective heat transfer of an incompressible, electrically conducting viscous

    fluid in a highly porous medium bound by an infinite vertical porous plate.

    Soundalgekar [6] obtained approximate solutions for the two-dimensional flow an

    incompressible, viscous fluid past an infinite porous vertical plate with constant

    suction velocity normal to the plate, the difference between the temperature of the

    plate and the free stream is moderately large causing the free convection currents.

    Recently, free convective fluctuating MHD flow through porous media past a vertical

    porous plate with variable temperature and heat source was studied by Acharya et al. [7]. Rao et al. [8] was discussed the heat transfer on steady MHD rotating flow through porous medium in a parallel plate channel. Pattnaik and Biswal [9] studied

    the analytical solution of MHD free convective flow through porous media with time

    dependent temperature and concentration. More recently, Hazarika and Ahmed [10]

  • Mathematical analysis for optically thin Radiating/ Chemically reacting fluid 1779

    have investigated the analytical study of unsteady MHD chemically reacting fluid

    over a vertical porous plate in a Darcian porous Regime. Chemical reaction effects on

    MHD free convective flow through porous medium with constant suction and heat

    flux has discussed by Seshaiah and Varma [11].

    All the above investigations are restricted to MHD flow and heat transfer problems

    only. However of the late the effects of radiation on MHD flow, heat and mass

    transfer have becomes more important industrially. The radiation flows of an

    electrically conducting fluid with high temperature, in the presence of magnetic fields,

    are encountered in electrical power generation, astrophysical flows, solar power

    technology, space vehicle re-entry, nuclear engineering applications and other

    industrial areas. Radiative heat and mass transfer play an important role in

    manufacturing industries for the design of fins, steel rolling, nuclear power plants, gas

    turbines and various propulsion devices for aircraft, missiles, satellites and space

    vehicles are examples of such engineering applications. Radiation effects on mixed

    convection along an isothermal vertical plate were studied by Hossain and Takhar

    [12]. Prasad et al. [13] studied the radiation and mass transfer effects on unsteady MHD free convection flow past a vertical porous plate embedded in porous medium.

    Zueco and Ahmed [14] proposed the mixed convection MHD flow along a porous

    plate with chemical reaction in presence of heat source. The transient MHD free

    convective flow of a viscous, incompressible, electrically conducting, gray,

    absorbing-emitting, but not scattering, optically thick fluid medium which occupies a

    semi-infinite porous region adjacent to an infinite hot vertical plate moving with

    constant velocity was presented by Ahmed and Kalita [15]. The effects of chemical

    reaction as well as magnetic field on the heat and mass transfer of Newtonian two-

    dimensional flow over an infinite vertical oscillating plate with variable mass

    diffusion investigated by Ahmed and Kalita [16]. Recently, Ahmed [17] presented the

    effects of conduction-radiation, porosity and chemical reaction on unsteady

    hydromagnetic free convection flow past an impulsively started semi-infinite vertical

    plate embedded in a porous medium in presence of thermal radiation. The thermal

    radiation and Darcian drag force MHD unsteady thermal-convection flow past a semi-

    infinite vertical plate immersed in a semi-infinite saturated porous regime with

    variable surface temperature in the presence of transversal uniform magnetic field

    have been discussed by Ahmed et al. [18]. Radiation and mass transfer on unsteady MHD convective flow past an infinite vertical plate in presence of Dufour and Soret

    effects studied by Vedavathi et al. [19]. Ahmed et al. [20] investigated the effects of chemical reaction and viscous dissipation on MHD heat and mass transfer flow

    through Perturbation method.

    In all these investigations, the viscous dissipation is neglected. Gebhart [21] had

    shown the importance of viscous dissipative heat in free convection flow in the case

    of isothermal and constant heat flux at the plate. Soundalgekar [22] analyzed the

    viscous dissipative heat on the two-dimensional unsteady free convective flow past an

    infinite vertical porous plate when the temperature oscillates in time and there is

    constant suction at the plate. Prasad and Reddy [23] had discussed about the Radiation

    and Mass transfer effects on an unsteady MHD convection flow with viscous

  • 1780 Nava Jyoti Hazarika and Sahin Ahmed

    dissipation. Cookey et al. [24] had investigated the influence of viscous dissipation and radiation on unsteady MHD free convection flow past an infinite heated vertical

    plate in a porous medium with time dependent suction. Recently, radiation effects on

    an unsteady MHD convective flow past a vertical plate in porous medium with

    viscous dissipation analyzed by Gudagani et al. [25]. In this paper the effects of chemical reaction and thermal radiation of optically thin

    gray gas on a mixed convective boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting

    fluid over an semi-infinite porous surface embedded in a Darcian porous regime in

    presence of viscous dissipative heat is investigated. The governing equations are

    solved by using a regular perturbation theory.

    2. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES

    In this flow model, we consider two-dimensional unsteady hydromagnetic laminar

    mixed convective boundary layer flow of a viscous, incompressible, electrically

    conducting and radiating fluid in an optically thin environment, past a semi-infinite

    vertical permeable moving plate embedded in a Darcian porous medium, in presents

    of thermal and concentration buoyancy effects with chemical reaction of first order.

    The π‘₯-axis is taken in the upward direction along the plate and 𝑦-axis normal to it. A uniform magnetic field is applied in the direction perpendicular to the plate. The

    transverse applied magnetic field and magnetic Reynolds number are assumed to be

    very small, so that the induced magnetic field is negligible. Also, it is assumed that

    there is no applied voltage, so that the electric field is absent. The concentration of the

    diffusing species in the binary mixture is assumed to be very small in comparison

    with the other chemical species which are present, and hence the Soret and Dufour

    effects are negligible. Further, due to semi-infinite plane surface assumption, the flow

    variables are functions of normal distance 𝑦 and 𝑑 only. Now, under the usual Boussinesq’s approximation, the governing boundary layer equations are:

    πœ•π‘£

    πœ•π‘¦= 0 (1)

    πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘‘+ 𝑣

    πœ•π‘£

    πœ•π‘¦= βˆ’

    1

    𝜌

    πœ•π‘

    πœ•π‘₯+ 𝜈

    πœ•2𝑒

    πœ•π‘¦2 + 𝑔𝛽𝑇(𝑇 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž) + 𝑔𝛽𝐢(𝐢 βˆ’ 𝐢∞) βˆ’ (

    𝜈

    πœ…+𝜎𝐡0

    2

    𝜌)𝑒 (2)

    πœ•π‘‡

    πœ•π‘‘+ 𝑣

    πœ•π‘‡

    πœ•π‘¦=

    π‘˜

    πœŒπ‘π‘[πœ•2𝑇

    πœ•π‘¦2 βˆ’

    1

    π‘˜

    πœ•π‘ž

    πœ•π‘¦] +

    𝜈

    𝑐𝑝(πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘¦)

    2

    (3)

    πœ•2π‘ž

    πœ•π‘¦2 βˆ’ 3𝛼

    2π‘ž βˆ’ 16πœŽβˆ—π›Όπ‘‡βˆž3 πœ•π‘‡

    πœ•π‘¦= 0 (4)

    πœ•πΆ

    πœ•π‘‘+ 𝑣

    πœ•πΆ

    πœ•π‘¦= 𝐷

    πœ•2𝐢

    πœ•π‘¦2 βˆ’ πΆπ‘Ÿ(𝐢 βˆ’ 𝐢∞) (5)

  • Mathematical analysis for optically thin Radiating/ Chemically reacting fluid 1781

    The third and fourth terms on the right hand side of momentum Eq. (2) denote the

    thermal and concentration buoyancy effects respectively. The second and third terms

    on right hand side of energy Eq. (3) represent the radiative heat flux and viscous

    dissipation respectively. Also the second term on right hand of concentration Eq. (5)

    represents the chemical reaction effect.

    The permeable plate moves with a constant velocity in the direction of fluid flow and

    the free steam velocity follows the exponentially increasing small perturbation law. In

    addition, it is assumed that the temperature and concentration at the wall as well as the

    suction velocity are exponentially varying with time. Eq. (4) is the differential

    approximation for radiation and the radiative heat flux π‘ž satisfies this non-linear differential equation.

    The boundary conditions for the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are:

    {𝑒 = 𝑒𝑝, 𝑇 = 𝑇𝑀 + πœ€(𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž)𝑒

    𝑛𝑑, 𝐢 = 𝐢𝑀 + πœ€(𝐢𝑀 βˆ’ 𝐢∞)𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 = 0

    𝑒 = π‘ˆβˆž = π‘ˆ0(1 + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘), 𝑇 ⟢ π‘‡βˆž , 𝐢 ⟢ 𝐢∞ π‘Žπ‘  𝑦 ⟢ ∞

    } (6)

    It is clear from the equation (1) that the suction velocity at the plate is either a

    constant or function of time only. Hence, the suction velocity normal to the plate is

    assumed in the form:

    𝑣 = βˆ’π‘‰0(1 + πœ€π΄π‘’π‘›π‘‘) (7)

    The negative sign indicates that the suction is towards the plate.

    Outside the boundary layer, Eq. (2) gives:

    βˆ’1

    𝜌

    πœ•π‘

    πœ•π‘₯= π‘‘π‘ˆβˆž

    𝑑𝑑+𝜈

    πœ… π‘ˆβˆž +

    𝜎

    𝜌 𝐡0

    2π‘ˆβˆž (8)

    Since the medium is optically thin with relatively low density and 𝛼 β‰ͺ 1, the radiative heat flux given by Eq. (3), in the spirit of Cogley et al. [22] becomes:

    πœ•π‘ž

    πœ•π‘¦= 4𝛼2 (𝑇 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž) where 𝛼

    2 = ∫ π›Ώπœ†πœ•π΅

    πœ•π‘‡

    ∞

    0

    , (9)

    where B is Planck’s function.

    In order to write the governing equations and boundary conditions in dimensionless

    form, the following non-dimensional quantities are introduced.

  • 1782 Nava Jyoti Hazarika and Sahin Ahmed

    {

    𝑒 =

    𝑒

    π‘ˆ0 , 𝑣 =

    𝑣

    𝑉0, 𝑦 =

    𝑉0𝑦

    𝜈 , π‘ˆβˆž =

    π‘ˆβˆžπ‘ˆ0

    ,

    π‘ˆπ‘ =𝑒𝑝

    π‘ˆ0, 𝑑 =

    𝑑 𝑉02

    𝜈 ,

    πœƒ =𝑇 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž

    𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž , πœ™ =

    𝐢 βˆ’ 𝐢∞

    𝐢𝑀 βˆ’ 𝐢∞ , 𝑛 =

    𝑛 𝜈

    𝑉02 , 𝐾 =

    𝐾 𝑉02

    𝜈2 , πΆπ‘Ÿ =

    πœˆπΆπ‘Ÿ

    𝑉02

    π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ = πœˆπœŒπΆπ‘

    π‘˜, 𝑆𝑐 =

    𝜈

    𝐷 , 𝑀 =

    𝜎𝐡02𝜈

    πœŒπ‘‰02 , πΊπ‘Ÿ =

    πœˆπ›½π‘‡π‘”(𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž)

    π‘ˆ0𝑉02

    ,

    πΊπ‘š =πœˆπ›½πΆπ‘”(𝐢𝑀 βˆ’ 𝐢∞)

    π‘ˆ0𝑉02 , 𝐸𝑐 =

    π‘ˆ02

    𝐢𝑝(𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž), 𝑅2 =

    𝛼2(𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž)

    πœŒπΆπ‘π‘˜π‘ˆ02

    ,

    }

    (10)

    In view of Eqs. (4) and (7) –(10), Eqs. (2), (3) and (5) reduce to the following

    dimensionless form:

    πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘‘βˆ’ (1 + πœ€π΄π‘’π‘›π‘‘)

    πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘¦=π‘‘π‘ˆβˆžπ‘‘π‘‘

    +πœ•2𝑒

    πœ•π‘¦2+ πΊπ‘Ÿπœƒ + πΊπ‘šπœ™ + 𝑁(π‘ˆβˆž βˆ’ 𝑒) (11)

    πœ•πœƒ

    πœ•π‘‘βˆ’ (1 + πœ€π΄π‘’π‘›π‘‘)

    πœ•πœƒ

    πœ•π‘¦=

    1

    π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ[πœ•2πœƒ

    πœ•π‘¦2βˆ’ 𝑅2πœƒ] + 𝐸𝑐 (

    πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘¦)2

    (12)

    πœ•πœ™

    πœ•π‘‘βˆ’ (1 + πœ€π΄π‘’π‘›π‘‘)

    πœ•πœ™

    πœ•π‘¦=1

    𝑆𝑐

    πœ•2πœ™

    πœ•π‘¦2βˆ’ πΆπ‘Ÿπœ™ (13)

    where 𝑁 = 𝑀 + πΎβˆ’1

    The corresponding dimensionless boundary conditions are:

    {𝑒 = π‘ˆπ‘ , πœƒ = 1 + πœ€π‘’

    𝑛𝑑, πœ™ = 1 + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘, π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 = 0

    𝑒 = π‘ˆβˆž = 1 + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘, πœƒ ⟢ 0, πœ™ ⟢ 0 π‘Žπ‘  𝑦 ⟢ ∞

    } (14)

    SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM

    The Eqs. (11-13) are coupled, non-linear partial differential equations and these

    cannot be solved in closed-form. However, these equations can be reduced to a set of

    ordinary differential equations, which can be solved analytically. This can be done by

    representing the velocity, temperature and concentration of the fluid in the

    neighbourhood of the plate as:

    {

    𝑒(𝑦, 𝑑) = 𝑒0(𝑦) + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’1(𝑦) + 0(πœ€

    2) + β‹―

    πœƒ(𝑦, 𝑑) = πœƒ0(𝑦) + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘πœƒ1(𝑦) + 0(πœ€

    2) + β‹―

    πœ™(𝑦, 𝑑) = πœ™0(𝑦) + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘πœ™1(𝑦) + 0(πœ€

    2) + β‹―

    } (15)

  • Mathematical analysis for optically thin Radiating/ Chemically reacting fluid 1783

    Substituting Eq. (15) in Eqs. (11-13) and equating the harmonic and non-harmonic

    terms, and neglecting the higher order terms of 0(πœ€2), we obtain:

    𝑒0β€³(𝑦) + 𝑒0

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑁𝑒0(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπœƒ0(𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘šπœ™0(𝑦) (16)

    𝑒1β€³(𝑦) + 𝑒1

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)𝑒1(𝑦)

    = βˆ’(𝑁 + 𝑛) βˆ’ 𝐴𝑒0β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπœƒ1(𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘šπœ™1(𝑦) (17)

    πœƒ0β€³(𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ0

    β€²(𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑅2 πœƒ0(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘ŸπΈπ‘ [𝑒0β€² (𝑦)]2 (18)

    πœƒ1β€³(𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ1

    β€²(𝑦) βˆ’ (𝑅2 + π‘›π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ)πœƒ1(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄ πœƒ0β€²(𝑦) βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘ŸπΈπ‘ 𝑒0

    β€² (𝑦)𝑒1β€²(𝑦) (19)

    πœ™0β€³(𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™0

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐 πΆπ‘Ÿπœ™0(𝑦) = 0 (20)

    πœ™1β€³(𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™1

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐(𝑛 + πΆπ‘Ÿ)πœ™1(𝑦) = βˆ’π΄π‘†π‘ πœ™0β€² (𝑦) (21)

    where prime denotes ordinary differentiation with respect to y.

    The corresponding boundary conditions can be written as:

    {𝑒0 = π‘ˆπ‘, 𝑒1 = 0, πœƒ0 = 1, πœƒ1 = 1, πœ™0 = 1, πœ™1 = 1 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 = 0

    𝑒0 = 1, 𝑒1 = 1, πœƒ0 ⟢ 0, πœƒ1 ⟢ 0, πœ™0 ⟢ 0, πœ™1 ⟢ 0 π‘Žπ‘  𝑦 ⟢ ∞ } (22)

    The Eqs. (16) – (21) are still coupled and non-linear, whose exact solutions are not

    possible. So we expand 𝑒0 , 𝑒1 , πœƒ0 , πœƒ1 , πœ™0 , πœ™1 in terms of 𝐸𝑐 in the following form, as the Eckert number is very small for incompressible flows.

    𝐹(𝑦) = 𝐹0(𝑦) + 𝐸𝑐 𝐹1(𝑦) + 0(𝐸𝑐2) (23)

    where 𝐹 stands for any 𝑒0 , 𝑒1 , πœƒ0 , πœƒ1 , πœ™0 , πœ™1 .

    Substituting Eq. (23) in Eqs. (16) – (21), equating the co-efficient of 𝐸𝑐 to zero and neglecting the terms in 𝐸𝑐2 and higher order, we get the following equations:

    The zeroth order equations are:

    𝑒01β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑒01

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑁𝑒01(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿ πœƒ01(𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘š πœ™01(𝑦) (24)

    𝑒02β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑒02

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑁𝑒02(𝑦) = βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿ πœƒ02(𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘š πœ™02(𝑦) (25)

    πœƒ01β€³ (𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ01

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑅2 πœƒ01(𝑦) = 0 (26)

    πœƒ02β€³ (𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ02

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑅2 πœƒ02(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ[𝑒01β€² (𝑦)]2 (27)

    πœ™01β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™01

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐 πΆπ‘Ÿ πœ™01(𝑦) = 0 (28)

    πœ™02β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™02

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐 πΆπ‘Ÿ πœ™02(𝑦) = 0 (29)

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    and the respective boundary conditions are:

    {𝑒01 = π‘ˆπ‘, 𝑒02 = 0, πœƒ01 = 1, πœƒ02 = 0, πœ™01 = 1, πœ™02 = 0 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 = 0

    𝑒01 ⟢ 1, 𝑒02 ⟢ 0, πœƒ01 ⟢ 0, πœƒ02 ⟢ 0,πœ™01 ⟢ 0, πœ™02 ⟢ 0 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 ⟢ ∞} (30)

    The first order equations are:

    𝑒11β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑒11

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)𝑒11(𝑦) = {βˆ’(𝑁 + 𝑛) βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿ πœƒ11(𝑦)

    βˆ’πΊπ‘š πœ™11(𝑦) βˆ’ 𝐴 𝑒01β€² (𝑦)

    } (31)

    𝑒12β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑒12

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)𝑒12(𝑦) = βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿ πœƒ12(𝑦) βˆ’ πΊπ‘š πœ™12(𝑦) βˆ’ 𝐴 𝑒02β€² (𝑦) (32)

    πœƒ11β€³ (𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ11

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑁1πœƒ11(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄ πœƒ01β€² (𝑦) (33)

    πœƒ12β€³ (𝑦) + π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ πœƒ12

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑁1πœƒ12(𝑦) = βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄ πœƒ02β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ 𝑒01

    β€² (𝑦)𝑒11β€² (𝑦) (34)

    πœ™11β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™11

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐(𝑛 + πΆπ‘Ÿ)πœ™11(𝑦) = βˆ’π΄π‘†π‘ πœ™01β€² (𝑦) (35)

    πœ™12β€³ (𝑦) + 𝑆𝑐 πœ™12

    β€² (𝑦) βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐(𝑛 + πΆπ‘Ÿ)πœ™12(𝑦) = βˆ’π΄π‘†π‘ πœ™02β€² (𝑦) (36)

    where 𝑁1 = 𝑅2 + π‘›π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ.

    and respective boundary conditions are:

    { 𝑒11 = 0, 𝑒12 = 0, πœƒ11 = 1, πœƒ12 = 0, πœ™11 = 1, πœ™12 = 0 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 = 0

    𝑒11 ⟢ 1, 𝑒12 ⟢ 0, πœƒ11 ⟢ 0, πœƒ12 ⟢ 0, πœ™11 ⟢ 0, πœ™12 ⟢ 0 π‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑦 ⟢ ∞ } (37)

    Solving Eqs. (24) – (29) under the boundary conditions in Eq. (30) and Eqs. (31) -

    (36) under the boundary conditions in Eq. (37) and using Eqs. (15) and (23), we

    obtain the Velocity, Temperature and Concentration distributions in the boundary

    layer as:

    𝑒(𝑦, 𝑑) =

    {

    𝑃3π‘’βˆ’π‘š3𝑦 + 𝑃1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝑃2π‘’βˆ’π‘š1𝑦 + 1

    +𝐸𝑐 { 𝐽8𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š3𝑦 + 𝐽1π‘’βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐽2𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š3𝑦 + 𝐽3π‘’βˆ’2π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐽4𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š1𝑦

    +𝐽5π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝐽6𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š2)𝑦 + 𝐽7π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š3)𝑦

    }

    + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘

    [ {

    𝐺6π‘’βˆ’π‘š6𝑦 + 𝐺1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š5𝑦 + 𝐺2π‘’βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐺3𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š4𝑦

    +𝐺4π‘’βˆ’π‘š1𝑦 + 𝐺5𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š3𝑦 + 1}

    +𝐸𝑐

    {

    𝐿19π‘’βˆ’π‘š6𝑦 + 𝐿1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š5𝑦 + 𝐿2π‘’βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐿3𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š3𝑦

    +𝐿4π‘’βˆ’2π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐿5𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š1𝑦 + 𝐿6π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝐿7𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š2)𝑦

    +𝐿8π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝐿9𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š6)𝑦 + 𝐿10π‘’βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š5)𝑦

    +𝐿11π‘’βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š4)𝑦 + 𝐿12𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š6)𝑦 + 𝐿13π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š5)𝑦

    +𝐿14π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š4)𝑦 + 𝐿15𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š6)𝑦 + 𝐿16π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š5)𝑦

    +𝐿17π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š4)𝑦 + 𝐿18𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š3𝑦 }

    ]

    }

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    πœƒ(𝑦, 𝑑) =

    {

    π‘’βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝐸𝑐 {

    𝑆7π‘’βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝑆1𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š3𝑦 + 𝑆2π‘’βˆ’2π‘š2𝑦 + 𝑆3𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š1𝑦

    +𝑆4π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝑆5𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š2)𝑦 + 𝑆6π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š3)𝑦

    }

    +πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘

    [

    {𝐷2π‘’βˆ’π‘š5𝑦 + 𝐷1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š2𝑦} +

    𝐸𝑐

    {

    𝑅17π‘’βˆ’π‘š5𝑦 + 𝑅1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š2𝑦 + 𝑅2π‘’βˆ’2π‘š3𝑦 + 𝑅3𝑒

    βˆ’2π‘š2𝑦

    +𝑅4π‘’βˆ’2π‘š1𝑦 + 𝑅5𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝑅6π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š2)𝑦

    +𝑅7π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š3)𝑦 + 𝑅8𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š6)𝑦 + 𝑅9π‘’βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š5)𝑦

    +𝑅10π‘’βˆ’(π‘š3+π‘š4)𝑦 + 𝑅11𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š6)𝑦 +

    𝑅12π‘’βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š5)𝑦 + 𝑅13𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š2+π‘š4)𝑦 + 𝑅14π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š6)𝑦

    +𝑅15π‘’βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š5)𝑦 + 𝑅16𝑒

    βˆ’(π‘š1+π‘š4)𝑦 }

    ]

    }

    πœ™(𝑦, 𝑑) = π‘’βˆ’π‘š1𝑦 + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘{𝑍2π‘’βˆ’π‘š4𝑦 + 𝑍1𝑒

    βˆ’π‘š1𝑦}

    The Skin-friction, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are important physical

    parameters for this type of boundary layer flow.

    THE SKIN FRICTION

    Knowing the velocity field, the Skin-friction at the plate can be obtained, which in

    non-dimensional form is given by:

    𝐢𝑓 =πœπ‘€

    πœŒπ‘ˆ0𝑉0= (

    πœ•π‘’

    πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

    = ( πœ•π‘’0πœ•π‘¦

    + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘πœ•π‘’1πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

    =

    [ βˆ’π‘š3𝑃3 βˆ’π‘š2𝑃1 βˆ’π‘š1𝑃2 + 𝐸𝑐 {

    β€“π‘š3𝐽8 βˆ’π‘š2𝐽1 βˆ’ 2π‘š3𝐽2 βˆ’ 2π‘š2𝐽3 βˆ’ 2π‘š1𝐽4 βˆ’(π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝐽5 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝐽6 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝐽7

    }

    +πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘

    [

    (βˆ’π‘š6𝐺6 βˆ’π‘š5𝐺1 βˆ’π‘š2𝐺2 βˆ’π‘š4𝐺3 βˆ’π‘š1𝐺4 βˆ’π‘š3𝐺5)

    +𝐸𝑐

    {

    βˆ’π‘š6𝐿19 βˆ’π‘š5𝐿1 βˆ’π‘š2𝐿2 βˆ’ 2π‘š3𝐿3 βˆ’ 2π‘š2𝐿4 βˆ’ 2π‘š1𝐿5 βˆ’(π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝐿6 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝐿7 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝐿8

    βˆ’(π‘š3 +π‘š6)𝐿9 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š5)𝐿10 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š4)𝐿11βˆ’(π‘š2 +π‘š6)𝐿12 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š5)𝐿13 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š4)𝐿14

    βˆ’(π‘š1 +π‘š6)𝐿15 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š5)𝐿16 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š4)𝐿17 βˆ’π‘š3𝐿18}

    ]

    ]

    RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER

    Knowing the temperature field, the rate of heat transfer co-efficient can be obtained,

    which in the non-dimensional form, in terms of the Nusselt number is given by:

    𝑁𝑒 = βˆ’π‘₯

    (πœ•π‘‡πœ•π‘¦β„)𝑦=0

    𝑇𝑀 βˆ’ π‘‡βˆž= 𝑁𝑒𝑅𝑒π‘₯

    βˆ’1 = βˆ’( πœ•πœƒ

    πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

    = βˆ’( πœ•πœƒ0πœ•π‘¦

    + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘πœ•πœƒ1πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

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    = βˆ’

    [ βˆ’π‘š2 + 𝐸𝑐 {

    βˆ’π‘š2𝑆7 βˆ’ 2π‘š3𝑆1 βˆ’ 2π‘š2𝑆2 βˆ’ 2π‘š1𝑆3 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝑆4βˆ’(π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝑆5 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝑆6

    }

    +πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘

    [

    (βˆ’π‘š5𝐷2 βˆ’π‘š2𝐷1)

    +𝐸𝑐

    {

    βˆ’π‘š5𝑅17 βˆ’π‘š2𝑅1 βˆ’ 2π‘š3𝑅2 βˆ’ 2π‘š2𝑅3 βˆ’ 2π‘š1𝑅4βˆ’(π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝑅5 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝑅6 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝑅7βˆ’(π‘š3 +π‘š6)𝑅8 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š5)𝑅9 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š4)𝑅10βˆ’(π‘š2 +π‘š6)𝑅11 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š5)𝑅12 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š4)𝑅13βˆ’(π‘š1 +π‘š6)𝑅14 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š5)𝑅15 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š4)𝑅16}

    ]

    ]

    where 𝑅𝑒π‘₯ =𝑉0π‘₯

    𝜈 is the local Reynolds number.

    RATE OF MASS TRANSFER

    Knowing the concentration field, the rate of mass transfer co-efficient can be

    obtained, which in the non-dimensional form, in terms of the Sherwood number is

    given by:

    π‘†β„Ž = βˆ’π‘₯

    (πœ•πΆπœ•π‘¦β„ )

    𝑦=0

    𝐢𝑀 βˆ’ 𝐢∞ ,

    π‘†β„Žπ‘…π‘’π‘₯βˆ’1 = βˆ’(

    πœ•πΆ

    πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

    = βˆ’( πœ•πΆ0πœ•π‘¦

    + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘πœ•πΆ1πœ•π‘¦ )𝑦=0

    = βˆ’[βˆ’π‘š1 + πœ€π‘’π‘›π‘‘(βˆ’π‘š4𝑍2 βˆ’π‘š1𝑍1)]

    VALIDITY

    When Cr = 0, the present paper reduces to the work which was done by Prasad and Reddy [23].

    Table 1: Comparison of the present results with those of Prasad and Reddy [23] with

    effects of Gr and Gm on Cf when Gr=2.0, Gm=1.0, Pr=0.71, Sc=0.6, M=1.0, R=0.5, K=0.5, n=0.1, Up=0.5, A=0.5, Cr=0.2, t=1.0, Ec=0.001, Ԑ=0.001.

    Gr Gm Prasad and Reddy [23] Present work

    Effects of

    Gr on Cf Effect of Gm

    on Cf Effects of Gr

    on Cf Effects of

    Gm on Cf

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4

    1.6877

    2.0974

    2.5123

    2.9345

    3.3660

    1.9741

    2.5123

    3.0515

    3.5918

    4.1331

    1.60691

    2.04773

    2.48857

    2.92944

    3.37035

    2.03578

    2.48857

    2.94137

    3.39418

    3.84699

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    The Table 1 shows that the accuracy of the present model in comparison with the

    previous model studied by Prasad and Reddy [23] and this comparison is validated the

    present study.

    RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

    The formulation of the problem that accounts for the effects of radiation and viscous

    dissipation on the flow of an incompressible viscous chemically reacting fluid along a

    semi-infinite, vertically moving porous plate embedded in a porous medium in the

    presence of transverse magnetic field was accomplished. Following Cogley et al. [22] approximation for the radiative heat flux in the optically thin environment, the

    governing equations on the flow field were solved analytically, using a perturbation

    method and the expressions for the velocity, temperature, concentration, Skin-friction,

    Nusselt number and Sherwood number were obtained. In order to get a physical

    insight of the problem, the above physical quantities are computed numerically for

    different values of the governing parameters viz. Thermal Grashof number Gr, the Solutal Grashof number Gm, Radiation parameter R, Magnetic parameter M, Permeability parameter K, Plate velocity Up, Prandtl number Pr, Schmidt number Sc, Eckert number Ec and Chemical reaction Cr. Figure 1 shows the typical velocity profiles in the boundary layer for various values

    of the thermal Grashof number. It is observed that an increase in Gr, leads to a rise in the values of the velocity due to enhancement in the buoyancy force. Here, the

    positive values of Gr correspond to cooling of the plate. In addit0ion, it is observed that the velocity increases rapidly near the wall of the porous plate as Grashof number

    increases and then decays to the free stream velocity. Figure 2 depicts the typical

    velocity profiles in the boundary layer for distinct values of the solutal Grashof

    number Gm. The velocity distribution attaints a distinctive maximum value in the region of the plate surface and then decrease properly to approach the free stream

    value. As expected, the fluid velocity increases and the peak value becomes more

    distinctive due to increase in the buoyancy force represented by Gm. For different values of thermal radiation parameter R on the velocity and temperature profiles are shown in Figure 3 and 4. It is noticed that an increase in the radiation

    parameter results a decrease in the velocity and temperature within the boundary

    layer, as well as decreased the thickness of the velocity and temperature boundary

    layers.

    The effect of magnetic field on velocity profiles in the boundary layer is depicted in

    Figure 5. It is obvious that the existence of the magnetic field is to decrease the

    velocity in the momentum boundary layer because the application of the transverse

    magnetic field results in a resisting type of force called Lorentz force, which results in

    reducing the velocity of the fluid in the boundary layer. Figure 6 shows the effect of

    the permeability of the porous medium parameter K on the velocity distribution. It is found that the velocity increases with an increase in K.

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    The velocity distribution across the boundary layer for several values of plate moving

    velocity Up in the direction of the fluid flow is depicted in Figure 7. Although we have different initial plate moving velocities, the velocity decreases to a constant

    value for given material parameters.

    Figure 8 and 9 shows the behaviour velocity and temperature for different values of

    Prandtl number Pr. The numerical results show the effect of increasing values of Prandtl number results in the decreasing velocity. From Figure 9, it is observed that

    an increase in the Prandtl number results a decrease in the thermal boundary layer

    thickness and in general lower average temperature within the boundary layer. The

    reason is that smaller values of Pr are equivalent to increase in the thermal conductivity of the fluid and therefore heat is able to diffuse away from the heated

    surface more rapidly for higher values of Pr. Hence in the case of smaller Prandtl numbers as the thermal boundary layer is thicker and the rate of heat transfer is

    reduced.

    Figure 10 and 11 shows the effects of Schmidt number on the velocity and

    concentration respectively. As the Schmidt number increases, the concentration

    decreases. This causes the concentration buoyancy effects to decrease yielding a

    reduction in the fluid velocity. Reductions in the velocity and concentration

    distributions are accompanied by simultaneous reductions in the velocity and

    concentration boundary layers.

    The effects of chemical reaction on velocity and concentration are depicted by Figure

    12 and 13. It is noticed that an increase in the chemical reaction parameter results a

    decrease in the velocity and concentration within the boundary layer.

    Table 2-5, represents the effects of Eckert number and Chemical reaction on the

    velocity u, temperature Σ¨, Skin-friction Cf , Nusselt number Nu and Sherwood number Sh. The effects of viscous dissipation parameter i.e. the Eckert number on the velocity

    and temperature are shown in Table 2 and 3. It is revealed that velocity and

    temperature profiles scores grow with the increase of the Eckert number Ec. Eckert number, physically is a measure of frictional heat in the system. Hence the thermal

    regime with large Ec values is subjected to rather more frictional heating causing a source of rise in the temperature. To be specific, the Eckert number Ec signifies the relative importance of viscous heating to thermal diffusion. Viscous heating may

    serve as energy source to modify the temperature regime respectively. It is observed

    from Table 4, when Eckert number increases the Skin-friction increases and Nusselt

    number decreases. However, from Table 5, it can be seen that as the Chemical

    reaction increases, the Skin-friction decreases and Sherwood number increases.

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    Table 2: Effects of Ec on velocity (u) when Gr=2.0, Gm=2.0, Pr=0.71, Sc=0.6, M=1.0, R=0.5, K=0.5, n=0.1, Up=0.5, A=0.5, Cr=0.2, t=1.0, Ԑ=0.001.

    y Ec=0 Ec=0.1 Ec=0.2 Ec=0.3

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    0.5

    1.33264

    1.18374

    1.07798

    1.0318

    1.01321

    0.499889

    1.33594

    1.18577

    1.07895

    1.03221

    1.01337

    0.499779

    1.33925

    1.1878

    1.07992

    1.03262

    1.01354

    0.499668

    1.34255

    1.18983

    1.08089

    1.03303

    1.0137

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    Table 3: Effects of Ec on temperature (Ө) when Gr=2.0, Gm=2.0, Pr=0.71, Sc=0.6, M=1.0, R=0.5, K=0.5, n=0.1, Up=0.5, A=0.5, Cr=0.2, t=1.0, Ԑ=0.001.

    y Ec=0 Ec=0.1 Ec=0.2 Ec=0.3

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    1.00111

    0.38005

    0.144281

    0.0547757

    0.0207956

    0.0078952

    1.00111

    0.386705

    0.147783

    0.0563569

    0.0214404

    0.00814729

    1.00111

    0.393361

    0.151285

    0.0579382

    0.0220851

    0.00839937

    1.00111

    0.400016

    0.154787

    0.0595194

    0.0227298

    0.00865146

    Table 4: Effects of Ec on Cf and NuRex-1. Reference values in the figure 14 and 15:

    Ec Cf NuRex-1

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    2.48849

    2.4965

    2.50451

    2.51252

    0.969636

    0.881341

    0.793046

    0.70475

    Table 5: Effects of Cr on Cf and NuRex-1. Reference values in the figure 12 and 13:

    Cr Cf NuRex-1

    0

    0.3

    0.6

    0.9

    2.51189

    2.47906

    2.45576

    2.43759

    0.800967

    0.956863

    1.08227

    1.19017

    CONCLUSIONS

    The governing equations for unsteady MHD convective heat and mass transfer flow

    past a semi-infinite vertical permeable moving plate embedded in a porous medium

    with radiation and viscous dissipation effects were formulated .Chemical reaction

    effects is also included in the present work. The plate velocity is maintained at

    constant value and the flow is subjected to a transverse magnetic field. The present

    investigation brings out the following conclusions of physical interest on the velocity,

    temperature and concentration distribution of the flow field.

    It is found that when thermal and solutal Grashof number is increased, the thermal and concentration buoyancy effects are enhanced and thus the fluid

    velocity increased.

    However, the presence of radiation effects caused reductions in the fluid temperature, which resulted in decrease in the fluid velocity.

  • Mathematical analysis for optically thin Radiating/ Chemically reacting fluid 1793

    It is observed that the existence of magnetic body force and chemical reaction decreases the fluid velocity.

    The permeability parameter and plate velocity have the influence of increasing the fluid velocity.

    As Prandtl number increased the velocity and temperature are both decreased. When Schmidt number increased, the concentration level decreased resulting

    in decreased fluid velocity.

    In presence of Eckert number both velocity and temperature increased.

    NOMENCLATURE

    𝑒 , 𝑣 Velocity components in π‘₯ , 𝑦 directions respectively,

    𝑑 Time,

    𝑝 Pressure,

    𝑔 Acceleration due to gravity,

    πœ… Permeability of porous medium,

    𝑇 Temperature of the fluid in the boundary layer,

    π‘‡βˆž Temperature of the fluid far away from the plate,

    𝐢 Species concentration in the boundary layer,

    𝐢∞ Species concentration in the fluid far away from the plate,

    π΅π‘œ Magnetic induction,

    𝑐𝑝 Specific heat at constant pressure,

    π‘˜ Thermal conductivity,

    π‘ž Radiative heat flux,

    πœŽβˆ— Stefan-Boltzmann constant,

    D Mass diffusivity and

    πΆπ‘Ÿ Chemical reaction.

    𝑒𝑝 Plate velocity,

    𝑇𝑀 Temperature of the plate,

    𝐢𝑀 Concentration of the plate,

    π‘ˆβˆž Free stream velocity,

    π‘ˆ0 Constant,

    𝑛 Constant

  • 1794 Nava Jyoti Hazarika and Sahin Ahmed

    A Real positive constant

    𝑉0 Non-zero positive constant

    GREEK SYMBOL

    𝜌 Density,

    𝛽𝑇 Thermal expansion co-efficient,

    𝛽𝐢 Concentration expansion co-efficient,

    𝜈 Kinematic viscosity,

    𝜎 Electrical conductivity of the fluid,

    𝛼 Fluid thermal diffusivity,

    Ԑ small such that Ԑ β‰ͺ 1

    APPENDIX

    π‘š1 =𝑆𝑐 + √1 + 4π‘†π‘πΆπ‘Ÿ

    2, π‘š2 =

    π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ + βˆšπ‘ƒπ‘Ÿ2 + 4𝑅2

    2, π‘š3 =

    1 + √1 + 4𝑁

    2 ,

    π‘š4 =𝑆𝑐 + βˆšπ‘†π‘2 + 4𝑆𝑐(𝑛 + πΆπ‘Ÿ)

    2 ,π‘š5 =

    π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ + βˆšπ‘ƒπ‘Ÿ2 + 4𝑁12

    ,π‘š6

    =1 + √1 + 4(𝑁 + 𝑛)

    2 ,

    𝑃1 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿ

    π‘š22 βˆ’π‘š2 βˆ’ 𝑁

    , 𝑃2 =βˆ’πΊπ‘š

    π‘š12 βˆ’π‘š1 βˆ’ 𝑁

    , 𝑃3 = π‘ˆπ‘ βˆ’ 1 βˆ’ 𝑃1 βˆ’ 𝑃2 ,

    𝐽1 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†7

    π‘š22 βˆ’π‘š2 βˆ’π‘

    , 𝐽2 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†1

    4π‘š32 βˆ’ 2π‘š3 βˆ’ 𝑁

    , 𝐽3 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†2

    4π‘š22 βˆ’ 2π‘š2 βˆ’π‘

    ,

    𝐽4 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†3

    4π‘š12 βˆ’ 2π‘š1 βˆ’ 𝑁

    , 𝐽5 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†4

    (π‘š2 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑁 ,

    𝐽6 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†5

    (π‘š1 +π‘š2)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š2) βˆ’ 𝑁 , 𝐽7 =

    βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘†6(π‘š1 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑁

    ,

    𝐽8 = βˆ’(𝐽1 + 𝐽2 + 𝐽3 + 𝐽4 + 𝐽5 + 𝐽6 + 𝐽7), 𝐺1 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ·2

    π‘š52 βˆ’π‘š5 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    ,

    𝐺2 =π΄π‘š2𝑃1 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ·1

    π‘š22 βˆ’π‘š2 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐺3 =βˆ’πΊπ‘šπ‘2

    π‘š42 βˆ’π‘š4 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐺4 =π΄π‘š1𝑃2 βˆ’ πΊπ‘šπ‘1

    π‘š12 βˆ’π‘š1 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    ,

    𝐺5 =π΄π‘š3𝑃3

    π‘š32 βˆ’π‘š3 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐺6 = βˆ’(1 + 𝐺1 + 𝐺2 + 𝐺3 + 𝐺4 + 𝐺5) ,

  • Mathematical analysis for optically thin Radiating/ Chemically reacting fluid 1795

    𝐿1 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…17

    π‘š52 βˆ’π‘š5 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐿2 =π΄π‘š2𝐽1 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…1

    π‘š22 βˆ’π‘š2 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐿3

    =2π΄π‘š3𝐽2 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…2

    4π‘š32 βˆ’ 2π‘š3 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    ,

    𝐿4 =2π΄π‘š2𝐽3 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…3

    4π‘š22 βˆ’ 2π‘š2 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐿5 =2π΄π‘š1𝐽4 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…4

    4π‘š12 βˆ’ 2π‘š1 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    ,

    𝐿6 =𝐴(π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝐽5 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…5

    (π‘š2 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š3) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) , 𝐿7

    =𝐴(π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝐽6 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…6

    (π‘š1 +π‘š2)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š2) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛),

    𝐿8 =𝐴(π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝐽7 βˆ’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…7

    (π‘š1 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š3) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛), 𝐿9

    =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…8

    (π‘š3 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š6) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿10 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…9

    (π‘š3 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š5) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿11 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…10

    (π‘š3 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ (π‘š3 +π‘š4) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿12 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…11

    (π‘š2 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š6) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿13 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…12

    (π‘š2 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š5) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿14 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…13

    (π‘š2 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ (π‘š2 +π‘š4) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿15 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…14

    (π‘š1 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š6) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿16 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…15

    (π‘š1 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š5) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿18 =π΄π‘š3𝐽8

    π‘š32 βˆ’π‘š3 βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛)

    , 𝐿17 =βˆ’πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘…16

    (π‘š1 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ (π‘š1 +π‘š4) βˆ’ (𝑁 + 𝑛) ,

    𝐿19 = βˆ’(1 + 𝐿1 + 𝐿2 + 𝐿3 + 𝐿4 + 𝐿5 + 𝐿6 + 𝐿7 + 𝐿8 + 𝐿9 + 𝐿10+𝐿11 + 𝐿12 + 𝐿13 + 𝐿14 + 𝐿15 + 𝐿16 + 𝐿17 + 𝐿18

    ) ,

    𝑆1 =βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3

    2𝑃32

    4π‘š32 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3 βˆ’ 𝑅2

    , 𝑆2 =βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2

    2𝑃12

    4π‘š22 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2 βˆ’ 𝑅2

    , 𝑆3 =βˆ’π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1

    2𝑃22

    4π‘š12 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1 βˆ’ 𝑅2

    ,

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    𝑆4 =βˆ’2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2π‘š3𝑃3𝑃1

    (π‘š2 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š2 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑅2 , 𝑆5

    =βˆ’2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1π‘š2𝑃1𝑃2

    (π‘š1 +π‘š2)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š2) βˆ’ 𝑅2 ,

    𝑆6 =βˆ’2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3π‘š1𝑃2𝑃3

    (π‘š1 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑅2 , 𝑆7 = βˆ’(𝑆1 + 𝑆2 + 𝑆3 + 𝑆4 + 𝑆5 + 𝑆6),

    𝐷1 =π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄π‘š2

    π‘š22 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2 βˆ’ 𝑁1

    , 𝐷2 = 1 βˆ’ 𝐷1, 𝑅1 =π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄π‘š2𝑆7

    π‘š22 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2 βˆ’ 𝑁1

    ,

    𝑅2 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄π‘š3𝑆1 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3

    2𝐺5𝑃3

    4π‘š32 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3 βˆ’ 𝑁1

    , 𝑅3 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄π‘š2𝑆2 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2

    2𝐺2𝑃1

    4π‘š22 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2 βˆ’ 𝑁1

    ,

    𝑅4 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄π‘š1𝑆3 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1

    2𝐺4𝑃2

    4π‘š12 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1 βˆ’ 𝑁1

    , 𝑅5

    =π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄(π‘š2 +π‘š3)𝑆4 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2π‘š3(𝐺2𝑃3 + 𝐺5𝑃1)

    (π‘š2 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š2 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑁1 ,

    𝑅6 =π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄(π‘š1 +π‘š2)𝑆5 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1π‘š2(𝐺4𝑃1 + 𝐺2𝑃2)

    (π‘š1 +π‘š2)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š2) βˆ’ 𝑁1 ,

    𝑅7 =π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ΄(π‘š1 +π‘š3)𝑆6 βˆ’ 2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3π‘š1(𝐺4𝑃3 + 𝐺5𝑃2)

    (π‘š1 +π‘š3)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š3) βˆ’ 𝑁1 ,

    𝑅8 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3π‘š6𝐺6𝑃3

    (π‘š3 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š3 +π‘š6) βˆ’ 𝑁1 , 𝑅9 =

    2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3π‘š5𝐺1𝑃3(π‘š3 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š3 +π‘š5) βˆ’ 𝑁1

    ,

    𝑅10 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š3π‘š4𝐺3𝑃3

    (π‘š3 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š3 +π‘š4) βˆ’ 𝑁1 , 𝑅11

    =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2π‘š6𝐺6𝑃1

    (π‘š2 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š2 +π‘š6) βˆ’ 𝑁1 ,

    𝑅12 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2π‘š5𝐺1𝑃1

    (π‘š2 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š2 +π‘š5) βˆ’ 𝑁1 , 𝑅13

    =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š2π‘š4𝐺3𝑃1

    (π‘š2 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š2 +π‘š4) βˆ’ 𝑁1,

    𝑅14 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1π‘š6𝐺6𝑃2

    (π‘š1 +π‘š6)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š6) βˆ’ 𝑁1 , 𝑅15

    =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1π‘š5𝐺1𝑃2

    (π‘š1 +π‘š5)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š5) βˆ’ 𝑁1

    𝑅16 =2π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘š1π‘š4𝐺3𝑃2

    (π‘š1 +π‘š4)2 βˆ’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿ(π‘š1 +π‘š4) βˆ’ 𝑁1 ,

    𝑅17 = βˆ’(𝑅1 + 𝑅2 + 𝑅3 + 𝑅4 + 𝑅5 + 𝑅6 + 𝑅7 + 𝑅8 + 𝑅9

    +𝑅10 + 𝑅11 + 𝑅12 + 𝑅13 + 𝑅14 + 𝑅15) ,

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    𝑍1 =π΄π‘š1𝑆𝑐

    π‘š12 βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐 π‘š1 βˆ’ 𝑆𝑐(𝑛 + πΆπ‘Ÿ)

    , 𝑍2 = 1 βˆ’ 𝑍1.

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