Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
>> 2011,
Volume 5,
Issue 4
doi:
10.1007/s11705-011-1130-z
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Magnetohydrodynamic slip flow and diffusion of a reactive solute past a permeable flat plate with suction/injection
Department of Mathematics, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, Burdwan-713104, India
Available online: 2011-12-05
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Abstract
The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer slip flow and solute transfer over a porous plate in the presence of a chemical reaction are investigated. The governing equations were transformed into self-similar ordinary differential equations by adopting the similarity transformation technique. Then the numerical solutions are obtained by a shooting technique using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method. The study reveals that due to the increase in the boundary slip, the concentration decreases and the velocity increases. On the other hand, with an increase in the magnetic field and mass suction, both boundary layer thicknesses decreased. As the Schmidt number and the reaction rate parameter increases, the concentration decreases and the mass transfer increases.