Dual Solutions for Unsteady Heat and Mass Transfer in Bio-Convection Flow towards a Rotating Cone/Plate in a Rotating Fluid

Abstract:

A mathematical model has been proposed for analyzing the momentum, heat and mass transfer in Bio-convection flow towards a rotating cone/plate in a rotating fluid with nonlinear thermal radiation and chemical reaction. In this study we considered gyrotactic microorganism’s contained Williamson fluid. Numerical results are carried out by using Runge-Kutta based shooting technique. The effects of dimensionless governing parameters on the flow, heat and mass transfer are illustrated graphically. It is also computed the friction factors for the tangential and azimuthal directions, local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers along with the local density of the motile organisms. It has been observed a good agreement of the present results with the existed literature. The obtained results indicate that the heat and mass transfer rate is significantly increases for higher values of buoyancy parameter and Biot number. It is also found that the heat and mass transfer performance in Bio-convection flow is significantly high on the flow over a rotating plate while compared with the rotating cone.

• Periodical: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa (Volume 20)
• Pages: 161-176
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.20.161
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Chakravarthula S.K. Raju, Naramgari Sandeep*
• Keywords: Gyrotactic Microorganisms, MHD, Nonlinear Thermal Radiation, Rotating Cone/Plate, Rotation, Williamson Fluid

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