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MHD Flow and Heat Transfer of Casson Nanofluid through a Porous Media over a Stretching Sheet

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Ayesha Siddiqui and Bandari Shankar

Reviewed: 21 December 2018 Published: 27 September 2019

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83732

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Nanofluid Flow in Porous Media

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Abstract

The present chapter aims at investigating the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a non-Newtonian fluid over a stretching surface through a porous medium. Casson fluid model is utilized to describe the non-Newtonian fluid behavior. Two types of nanofluids, that is, Ag-water and Cu-water, are studied. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into a system of coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations and then solved numerically using the Keller box method. Numerical results are obtained for the velocity, temperature, skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number. The influence of the various governing parameters viz. Casson parameter, magnetic parameter, porosity parameter and Prandtl number on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the nanofluids is plotted graphically and discussed in detail. The chapter shows that with an increase in the Casson parameter, the velocity field decreases whereas the temperature profile increases. A decrease in the momentum boundary layer thickness and an increase in the thermal boundary layer thickness are noted with an increase in the magnetic parameter.

Keywords

  • magnetohydrodynamic
  • Casson fluid
  • porous medium
  • stretching sheet

1. Introduction

The boundary layer flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet have momentous views not only from theoretical point of view but also one can see their practical applications in the paper production, polymer industry, crystal growing, food processing etc. Crane [1] was the first to study the boundary layer flow yielded by a stretching sheet. He gave an exact solution for the originating problem. Later on, the boundary layer flow over linear and non-linear stretching surfaces have pulled in a great deal of interest of many of the researchers [2, 3, 4, 5]. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow due to an exponentially stretching sheet with radiation effect has been examined by Ishak [6]. In fluid dynamics, the influence of external magnetic field on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow over a stretching sheet is very significant due to its applications in many engineering problems such as for purification of crude oil, paper production and glass manufacturing. A physiological process in human body can be deciphered by processes like MRI, NMRI and MRT, in which MHD plays an important role [7, 8]. Pavlov [9] analyzed the effect of external magnetic field on MHD flow over a stretching sheet. Andersson [10] studied the MHD flow of viscous fluid over a stretching sheet. A robust numerical method for solving stagnation point flow over a permeable shrinking sheet under the influence of MHD was considered by Bhatti et al. [11]. They observed that as the Hartman number increases, the fluid velocity also increases. Sheikholeslami et al. [12] employed the control volume-based finite element method (CVFEM) to show the influence of external magnetic source on Fe3O4H2O nanofluid behavior in a permeable cavity considering shape effect. They remarked that the nanofluid velocity and heat transfer rate decrease with augment of Hartmann number. The rate of heat transfer between the stretching surface and the fluid flow is crucial to obtain the desired quality of the end product. So, in the boundary layer flow problems dealing with the non-Newtonian fluids, heat transfer analysis plays an important role. Barzegar et al. [13] applied neural network for the estimation of heat transfer treatment of Al2O3H2O nanofluid through a channel. Sadoughi et al. [14] investigated CuO-water nanofluid heat transfer enhancement in the presence of melting surface. Sheikholeslami et al. [15] investigated nanofluid heat transfer augmentation and exergy loss inside a pipe equipped with innovative turbulators. Sheikholeslami et al. [16] investigated thermal radiation of ferrofluids in the presence of Lorentz force considering variable viscosity and reported that the Nusselt number increases with an increase of buoyancy forces and radiation parameter, but it is reduced with rise of Hartmann number. For an appraisal of technological applications, knowledge of the rheological characteristics of the non-Newtonian fluids [17] is required. In the study of fluid dynamics and heat transfer, an essential component is the fundamental analysis of the non-Newtonian fluid flow field in a boundary layer adjacent to a stretching sheet or an extended surface [18, 19, 20]. The flows of various non-Newtonian fluids over stretching or shrinking sheets were analyzed by Liao [21], Hayat et al. [22] and Ishak et al. [23]. Compared to the viscous fluids, the characteristics of the non-Newtonian fluids are different and the governing equations are also extremely non-linear and complicated. Therefore, no single constitutive equation, displaying all properties of such fluids is available [24, 25]. In literature, several models of non-Newtonian fluids have been proposed but most of the models are related with simple models like “the power-law fluid of grade two or three” [26, 27, 28, 29, 30]. Casson fluid model is a non-Newtonian fluid model. A Casson fluid can be defined as a shear thinning liquid which is assumed to have an infinite viscosity at zero rate of shear and a zero viscosity at an infinite rate of shear [31]. Examples of Casson fluid are jelly, tomato sauce, honey, soap and concentrated fruit juices. Human blood is also an example of Casson fluid. Rouleaux is a chain-like structure formed by the human red blood cells, due to the presence of substances like globulin, protein and fibrinogen in an aqueous base plasma. If the rouleaux acts like a plastic solid, then there exists a yield stress that can be identified with the constant yield stress in Casson fluid [32]. Casson fluid model (McDonald 1974) [33] describes the blood flow through small vessels at low shear rates. Mukhopadhyay [34] examined the effects of Casson fluid flow and heat transfer over a non-linearly stretching surface. She concluded that temperature increases with an increase in non-linear stretching parameter and the momentum boundary layer thickness decreases with an increase in Casson parameter. The relationship between the fluxes and the driving potentials becomes complicated whenever heat and mass transfer occur simultaneously in a moving fluid. Apart from the temperature gradients, the concentration gradients are also one of the factors to cause energy flux. The generation of energy flux by concentration gradient is named as diffusion-thermo(Dufour) effect and that of mass flux by temperature gradient is termed as thermal-diffusion(Soret) effect. Hayat et al. [35] and Nawaz et al. [36] studied Soret and Dufour effects on the MHD flow of a Casson fluid on a stretching surface. An analysis on heat and mass transfer in stagnation point flow of a polar fluid toward a stretching surface in porous medium in the presence of Soret, Dufour and chemical reaction effects was carried out by Chamkha and Aly [37]. They observed that as the Soret number increases and the Dufour number decreases, the fluid velocity increases. Casson [38] derived the non-linear Casson constitutive equation and it depicts the properties of many polymers. Mustafa et al. [39] studied the stagnation point flow and heat transfer in a Casson fluid flow over a stretching sheet. An exact solution of the steady boundary layer flow of a Casson fluid over a porous stretching sheet was studied by Shehzad et al. [40].

In a boundary layer flow, the flow field gets significantly affected by the presence of porous media and as a result, the rate of heat transfer at the surface also gets influenced. Practical applications of the flow and heat transfer through a porous media can be seen in geophysical fluid dynamics such as limestone, wood, beach sand, sandstone, the human lungs and in small blood vessels [41]. Sheikholeslami [42] analyzed the exergy and entropy of nanofluids under the impact of Lorentz force through a porous media by incorporating the CVFEM method. He observed that exergy drop diminishes with reduction of magnetic forces. Shehzad et al. [43] simulated nanofluid convective flow inside a porous enclosure by means of a two-temperature model. They remarked that the porosity and temperature gradient are inversely related. Sheikholeslami [44] studied CuO-water nanofluid flow due to magnetic field inside a porous media considering Brownian motion. Shehzad et al. [45] considered the numerical modeling for alumina nanofluid’s magnetohydrodynamic convective heat transfer in a permeable medium using Darcy law. They concluded that an increase in radiation parameter makes the thermal boundary layer thinner. Sheikholeslami [46] examined CuO-water nanofluid’s free convection in a porous cavity considering the Darcy law. He applied the CVFEM method to interpret his results. Numerical simulation for heat transfer intensification of a nanofluid in a porous curved enclosure considering shape effect of Fe3O4 nanoparticles was carried out by Shamlooei et al. [47]. Rokni et al. [48] made a numerical simulation for the impact of Coulomb force on nanofluid heat transfer in a porous enclosure in the presence of thermal radiation. They noticed that the Nusselt number of nanoparticles with platelet shape is the highest. Sibanda et al. [49] considered nanofluid flow over a non-linear stretching sheet in porous media with MHD and viscous dissipation effects. Sheikholeslami et al. [50] examined magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid convection in a porous enclosure considering heat flux boundary condition. Their studies reveal that the temperature gradient shows a reduction with increasing values of Hartman number. The objective of this chapter is to study the MHD flow and heat transfer of a Casson nanofluid through a porous medium over a stretching sheet. The governing partial differential equations of the flow and energy distribution are transformed into a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformations and are then solved numerically by a finite difference numerical technique called Keller box method [51]. The effects of various governing parameters on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the nanofluids, that is, Ag-water and Cu-water are analyzed and shown graphically.

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2. Equations of motion

Consider the steady two-dimensional MHD flow of an electrically conducting non-Newtonian Casson nanofluid over a stretching sheet situated at y = 0. The flow is confined in the region y>0. Two equal and opposite forces are applied along the x-axis so that the wall is stretched with the origin fixed. The rheological equation of state for an isotropic and incompressible flow of the Casson nanofluid is

τij=2μB+Py2πeijπ>πc2μB+Py2πceijπ<πcE1

π=eijeijandeij is the ijth component of deformation rate, n is the product of deformation rate with itself, πc is a critical value of this product based on the non-Newtonian model, μB is the plastic dynamic viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid and Py is the yield stress of the fluid. The continuity, momentum and energy equations governing such type of flow are

ux+vy=0E2
uux+vuy=νnf1+1γ2uy2σB02ρnf+νnfk0uE3
uTx+vTy=αnf2Ty2E4

where u and v are the velocity components in the x and y directions, respectively. νnf is the kinematic viscosity, ρnf is the Casson fluid density, γ = μB2πcPy is the parameter of Casson fluid, σ is the electrical conductivity of the fluid, αnf is the thermal diffusivity, T is the temperature and k0 is the permeability of the porous medium.

The appropriate boundary conditions for the problem are given by

u=uw=bx,v=0T=Tw=T+Axl2aty=0u0,TTasyE5

where uw = bx, b>0, is the stretching sheet velocity and A is a constant, l is the characteristic length, T is the temperature of the fluid, Tw is the temperature of the sheet and T is the free stream temperature.

Introducing the following similarity transformations

η=ybνf,u=bxf'ηv=bνffη,θ=TTTwTE6

Making use of Eq. (6), the governing equations (3) and (4) are reduced into the non-dimensional form as follows

1+1γf+ϕ1fff2Mϕ2fkf=0E7
θ+kfknfPrϕ3fθ=0E8

The corresponding boundary conditions are

f=0,f=1,θ=1atη=0f0,θ0asηE9

where prime denotes differentiation with respect to η, M = σB02bρf is the magnetic parameter, k=νfbk0 is the porosity parameter and Pr = νfαf is the Prandtl number.

The important physical quantities of interest are the skin friction coefficient Cf and the local Nusselt number Nux defined as

Cf=τwρfuw2andNux=xqwkTwTE10

where τw is the skin friction or the shear stress along the stretching surface and qw is the surface heat flux given by

τw=μB+Py2πcuyy=0andqw=knfTyy=0E11

Substituting the transformations in 6 in equations 10 and 11, we obtain

CfRex12=1+1γf0andNuxRex12=θ0E12

where Rex = uw2xν is the local Reynolds number.

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3. Numerical solution

A finite difference scheme known as Keller box method is used to solve numerically the system of non-linear ordinary differential equations (7) and (8) together with the boundary conditions in 9. The method was developed by Keller [51] and is described in Cebeci and Bradshaw [52]. The main steps involved in this method are:

  1. Reduce the governing equations of the problem to a system of first-order ordinary differential equations.

  2. Convert the resulting system of first-order ordinary differential equations into difference equations by using the central difference scheme.

  3. Newton’s method is used to linearize the non-linear finite difference equations so obtained and then write them in matrix-vector form.

  4. Solve the linearized system of difference equations by using the block tri-diagonal elimination technique.

The method is highly adaptable to solve non-linear problems. In this method, the choice of the initial guess is very important to give the most accurate solution to the problem and it is made based on the convergence criteria along with the boundary conditions of the flow into consideration. In boundary layer flow calculations, the greatest error appears in the wall shear stress, as mentioned in Cebeci and Bradshaw [52]. So, in accordance with it, the values of the wall shear stress, in our case f0 is commonly used as a convergence criteria. We used this convergence criterion in the present chapter. A convergence criteria of 104 is chosen which gives about a four decimal places accuracy for most of the prescribed quantities.

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4. Results and discussion

In order to analyze the results, numerical computation has been carried out to calculate the velocity profiles, temperature profiles, skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt number for various values of the parameters that describe the flow characteristics, that is, magnetic parameter (M), Casson parameter (γ), porosity parameter (k) and nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ. The numerical results are presented graphically in Figures 19. To know the accuracy of the applied numerical scheme, a comparison of the present results corresponding to the values of the skin friction coefficient f0 for various values of M and ϕ when Prandtl number Pr = 6.2 is made with the available results of Hamad [53] and presented in Table 1. It is observed that as M and ϕ increase, the skin friction coefficient also increases. This is due to the fact that an increase in M results in an increase in Lorentz force which opposes the motion of flow. A comparison of the numerical results of the local Nusselt number θ0 is also done with Vajravelu [54] for various values of the Prandtl number Pr and presented in Table 2. It is clear from Table 2 that the heat transfer rate coefficient increases with an increase in Prandtl number, which is the ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity. So, as Prandtl number increases, the momentum diffusivity increases whereas the thermal diffusivity decreases. Hence, the rate of heat transfer at the surface increases with increasing values of Pr. The results are found to be in excellent agreement. Figure 1 shows the effects of Casson parameter γ on the velocity profile fη, that is, fη is a decreasing function of γ. The momentum boundary layer thickness decreases with an increase in γ, because as the Casson parameter γ increases, the yield stress decreases and as a result the velocity of the fluid is suppressed and the reverse can be seen in Figure 2, which shows the effects of Casson parameter γ on the temperature profile θη. It can be seen that the temperature of the nanofluids is enhanced with the increasing values of γ and hence the thermal boundary layer thickness increases as the elasticity stress parameter is increased. Figure 3 illustrates the effects of magnetic parameter M on the velocity distribution. From the figure, we can observe that as ‘M’ increases, the fluid velocity decreases. This is because Lorentz force is induced by the transverse magnetic field and it opposes the motion of the fluid. As the magnetic parameter M increases, the momentum boundary layer thickness decreases. The velocity distribution in the case of Cu-water nanofliud is higher as compared to Ag-water nanofluid and Figure 4 shows the effect of magnetic parameter ‘M’ on the temperature profile θη. As ‘M’ increases, the thermal boundary layer thickness also increases since the presence of magnetic field enhances the fluid’s temperature within the boundary layer. The Ag-water nanofluid has a thicker thermal boundary layer than the Cu-water nanofluid because the thermal conductivity of Ag is more than that of Cu. Figure 5 shows the effects of porosity parameter k on the velocity distribution. It is observed that with the increasing values of k, the velocity field decreases. The fluid velocity decreases because the presence of a porous medium increases the resistance to flow. In the case of Ag-water nanofluid, the velocity is slightly less as compared with Cu-water nanofluid. Figure 6 illustrates the impact of the porosity parameter k on the temperature profile and it is noted that with the increasing values of the porosity parameter, the temperature of the fluid increases. The temperature of Ag-water nanofluid is more as compared with Cu-water nanofluid. Figure 7 shows the effect of nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ on the temperature of the nanofluids. From the figure, it is clear that the fluid temperature increases as the nanoparticle’s volume fraction ϕ increases. The temperature distribution in Ag-water nanofluid is higher than that of Cu-water nanofluid. It is also observed that as the nanoparticle volume fraction increases, the thermal boundary layer thickness increases because as volume fraction increases, the thermal conductivity of the fluid increases. Figure 8 shows the effect of the porosity parameter k and the nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ on the wall skin friction. It is observed that the skin friction increases with the increase in the porosity parameter k and the nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ for both the Cu-water and Ag-water nanofluids. The wall skin friction is higher in the case of Ag-water nanofluid than in Cu-water. Hence, the Ag-water nanofluid gives a higher drag in opposition to the flow than the Cu-water nanofluid. Figure 9 shows the effect of the magnetic parameter M and porosity parameter k on the wall heat transfer rate θ0. The influence of the magnetic field is to reduce the wall heat transfer rate. The porous media effect reduces the wall heat transfer rate. Moreover, the rate of heat transfer at the wall is less in the case of the Ag-water nanofluid as compared with Cu-water nanofluid.

Figure 1.

Velocity profiles fη for various values of γ with M=1,k=0.5,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 2.

Temperature profiles θη for various values of γ with M=1,k=0.5,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 3.

Velocity profiles fη for various values of M with γ=1,k=0.5,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 4.

Temperature profiles θη for various values of M with γ=1,k=0.5,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 5.

Velocity profiles fη for various values of k with M=1,γ=1,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 6.

Temperature profiles θη for various values of k with M=1,γ=1,ϕ=0.1andPr=6.2.

Figure 7.

Temperature profiles θη for various values of ϕ with γ=1,Pr=6.2,M=1andk=0.5.

Figure 8.

Variation of skin friction coefficient f0 with nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ for various values of porosity parameter k.

Figure 9.

Variation of heat transfer coefficient θ0 with magnetic parameter M for various values of porosity parameter k.

Cu-WaterAg-Water
MΦHamad [53]PresentHamad [53]Present
00.051.108921.10891.139661.1397
0.11.174751.17471.225071.2251
0.151.208861.20891.272151.2722
0.21.218041.21801.289791.2898
0.50.051.292101.29211.318581.3186
0.11.328251.32821.372961.3730
0.151.339551.33961.396941.3969
0.21.330361.33041.396341.3963
10.051.452361.45241.475971.4760
0.11.465761.46581.506401.5064
0.151.458581.45861.511451.5115
0.21.433901.43391.495321.4953
20.051.728871.72891.748751.7487
0.11.707891.70791.742891.7429
0.151.671401.67141.717731.7177
0.21.621261.62131.675831.6758

Table 1.

Comparison of results of the skin friction coefficient f0 for various values of M and ϕ.

PrVajravelu [54]Present
0.720.45900.4596
71.89531.8954

Table 2.

Comparison of values of local Nusselt number θ0 for various values of Pr.

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5. Conclusion

MHD flow and heat transfer of Casson nanofluid through a porous medium over a stretching sheet have been investigated. The governing boundary layer equations are transformed into ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations and are then solved by the Keller box method. The effects of the various governing parameters viz. magnetic parameter M, Casson parameter γ, porosity parameter k and the nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of two types of nanofluids, that is, Ag-water and Cu-water are determined [55, 56]. The present chapter leads to the following observations:

  1. An increase in the Casson parameter γ suppresses the velocity field of the nanofluids whereas the temperature is enhanced.

  2. With an increase in the magnetic parameter M, the momentum boundary layer thickness decreases while the thermal boundary layer thickness increases.

  3. The temperature and the thermal boundary thickness increase as the nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ increases.

  4. Ag-water nanofluid has thicker thermal boundary layer than Cu-water nanofluid.

  5. The velocity of the nanofluids decreases as the porosity parameter k increases and the reverse is observed in the case of temperature.

  6. The skin friction increases with an increase in nanoparticle volume fraction ϕ and the porosity parameter k.

  7. The rate of heat transfer at the surface of the sheet decreases with an increase in magnetic parameter M and porosity parameter k.

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Nomenclature

Cf

skin friction coefficient

Cp

specific heat capacity at constant pressure

f

dimensionless velocity

kf

thermal conductivity of the base fluid

ks

thermal conductivity of the nanoparticle

knf

thermal conductivity of the nanofluid

k

mean absorption coefficient

l

characteristic length

k0

permeability of the porous medium

M

magnetic field parameter

Nux

local Nusselt number

Pr

Prandtl number

Py

yield stress of the fluid

qw

heat flux

Rex

local Reynolds number

T

fluid temperature

Tw

temperature at the stretching surface

T

temperature of the fluid far away from the stretching surface

u, v

velocity components along x-axis and y-axis, respectively

uw

velocity of the stretching surface

x,y

Cartesian coordinates measured along stretching surface

π

product of the component of deformation rate with itself

πc

critical value of the product

αnf

thermal diffusivity of the nanofluid

γ

Casson fluid parameter

η

dimensionless similarity variable

σ

electrical conductivity

θ

dimensionless temperature

ϕ

nanoparticle volume fraction

τw

shear stress

μf

dynamic viscosity of the base fluid

μnf

dynamic viscosity of the nanofluid

νf

kinematic viscosity of the base fluid

νnf

kinematic viscosity of the nanofluid

ρf

density of the base fluid

ρs

density of the nanoparticle

ρnf

density of the nanofluid

ρcpf

heat capacity of the base fluid

ρcps

heat capacity of the nanoparticle

ρcpnf

heat capacity of the nanofluid

μB

plastic dynamic viscosity of the fluid

denotes differentiation with respect to η

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Ayesha Siddiqui and Bandari Shankar

Reviewed: 21 December 2018 Published: 27 September 2019