journal article·2025-05-01Open access

Activation energy and motile microorganism influence on MHD Jeffery nanofluid with stratifications

M. Siva Sankari, M. Eswara Rao, Waris Khan, O. D. Makinde, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail

AIP Advances· Volume 15· Issue 5

Abstract

This study investigates the use of reacting and radiating nanofluids to enhance heat and mass transfer in non-Newtonian hydromagnetic bioconvection over a stretching porous vertical plate. It focuses on the combined effects of a magnetic field, Joule heating, porous medium permeability, viscous dissipation, buoyancy forces, thermal radiation, chemical reactions, and the bioconvection of motile microorganisms to prevent the settling of nano entities. The mathematical model transforms the partial differential equations (PDEs) governing the conservation of mass, momentum, energy, nanoparticle concentration, and microorganism density into ordinary differential equations through appropriate similarity transformations. Semi-analytical solutions are obtained using the homotopy analysis method. The effects of various thermophysical parameters on the overall flow structure, including microbial diffusion rates and heat and mass transfer rates, are presented graphically and in tables. Key findings reveal that higher bioconvection Rayleigh numbers and magnetic field intensity reduce the flow rate, while increased thermophoresis and Brownian motion enhance nanofluid temperature profiles. These insights hold significant applications in polymerization, fuel industry, bioengineering, and biomedicine.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer · Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics · Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies

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Affiliations

Department of Mathematics, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS 1 , Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu,

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University, Mansehra 2 21120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University 3 , Private Bag X2, Saldanha 7593,

Department of Quantitative Analysis, College of Business Administration, King Saud University 4 , P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh 11587,

Funding

King Saud University

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