A numerical investigation of the magnetized water-based hybrid nanofluid flow over an extending sheet with a convective condition: Active and passive controls of nanoparticles

Abstract

This study presents a numerical investigation of a viscous and incompressible three-dimensional flow of hybrid nanofluid composed of Ag and Al2O3 nanoparticles over a convectively heated bi-directional extending sheet with a porous medium. The main equations are converted into dimensionless form by using appropriate variables. The effects of magnetic field, porosity, Brownian motion, thermophoresis, and chemical reaction are investigated. Furthermore, the mass flux and zero-mass flux constraints are used to study heat and mass transfer rates. The obtained data show that the growing magnetic factor has reduced the velocity profiles while increasing the thermal profile. The increased porosity factor has decreased the velocity profiles. The increased thermal Biot number has increased the concentration and thermal profiles. When compared to passive control of nanoparticles, the hybrid nanofluid flow profiles are strongly influenced by the embedded factor in the active control of nanoparticles.