Jyoti Sharma
University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Urvashi Gupta
Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Shushant Shukla
Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.1-012

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Abstract

The paper presents double-diffusive nanofluid convection under magnetic field using more realistic revised model in which boundaries are assumed to have zero nanoparticle flux. The nanofluid layer includes the nano scale effects (Brownian motion and thermophoresis) and solutal effects (Dufour and Soret). Impact of different parameters is analyzed using normal mode technique and interpreted graphically with the help of the software Mathematica. Complex expressions for oscillatory motions are solved using approximations to confirm their non-existence and onset of convection is established as stationary. Binary nanofluids are found to be much less stable than regular fluids. Higher conductivity of metallic nanofluids makes them less stable as compared to non-metallic nanofluids.

Keywords- Binary nanofluid, Brownian motion, Thermophoresis, Chandrasekhar number, Natural convection.

Citation

Sharma, J., Gupta, U., & Shukla, S. (2019). A Revised Model for Magneto Convection in Binary Nanofluids. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 4(1), 131-138. https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.1-012.