Scaling Group Analysis of Mixed Bioconvective Flow in Nanofluid with Presence of Slips, MHD and Chemical Reactions

Abstract

Bioconvective flows have attracted attention in recent years due to actual and potential applications. In this paper, we consider a steady and laminar convective MHD flow of a nanofluid with heat, mass and microorganism transfer with a heat source/sink present. In addition, we assume there exists a first order chemical reaction. The governing partial differential equations (PDEs) are reduced to ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using the scaling group transformation and the associated boundary value problem is then solved. The influences of selected governing parameters on the dimensionless velocity, temperature, nanoparticle concentration, density of motile microorganisms, skin friction, heat transfer, mass transfer, and motile microorganism density rates are computed and discussed

On Generalized Fourier’s and Fick’s Laws in Bio-Convection Flow of Magnetized Burgers’ Nanofluid Utilizing Motile Microorganisms

“…Usman et al [37] studied the model of three-dimensional nanoliquid bioconvection with a stagnation connection. Basir et al [38] proposed nanoliquid laminar convective MHD flow through heat, mass and gyrotactic microorganism transfers. The bioconvection motion of a Carreau nanofluid over a wedge was addressed by Muhammad et al [39].…”