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Effects of Mass Transfer on Unsteady Hydromagnetic Convective Flow Past an Infinite Vertical Rotating Porous Plate with Heat Source

Received: 11 February 2016     Accepted: 23 February 2016     Published: 25 April 2016
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Abstract

The effect of mass transfer on unsteady Hydromagnetic convective flow, of an incompressible electrically conducting fluid, past an infinite vertical rotating porous plate in presence of constant injection and heat source has been investigated. The non-linear partial differential equations governing the flow are solved numerically using the finite differences method. The effect of Hartmann's number, Grashof number for heat transfer, Grashof number for mass transfer, permeability parameter, Schmidt number, Heat source parameter, Prandtl number, Eckert number and rotational parameter on the flow field are presented graphically. A change on the parameters is observed to either increase, decrease or to have no effect on the profiles. The study has some useful information to engineers in the field of oil exploration, geothermal reservoirs, in petroleum and mineral industries, MHD generators, among many other areas.

Published in American Journal of Applied Mathematics (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajam.20160403.11
Page(s) 114-123
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Keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Porous Medium, Mass Transfer, Heat Source, Injection

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  • Department Pure and Applied Mathematics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Department Pure and Applied Mathematics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Department Pure and Applied Mathematics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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