Flow and thermal analysis of Jeffrey nanofluid in a microchannel: Buongiorno's Model

The present consideration explores the thermal energy and mass transfer process in conducting Jeffrey nanofluid flows through a microchannel. The slip boundary conditions, Brownian motion and temperature-dependent thermal conductivity were considered. The dimensionless governing models have been solved to the best possible investigative solutions using the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg 4 -5(th) order numerical procedure. The impact of physical parameters on the momentum, energy, concentration, irreversibility and irreversibility ratio was revealed graphically in detail. It is concluded that the resultant momentum profile is augmented with the relaxation and retardation times parameter all over the flow region. The temperature-dependent thermal conductivity contributes to the resulting thermal energy of the flow system ever-growing to high. The concentration profile was diminutions through growing in the Brownian motion parameter. The irreversibility and irreversibility ratio were obtained mathematically and explained concerning the notable parameters. The magnetic parameter was to diminish the irreversibility rate, but it was augmented by increasing the parameter for the relaxation and retardation times ratio. Effect of thermal radiation, variable thermal conductivity, pressure gradient, buoyancy force and thermophoresis on the Jeffery nanofluid in a microchannel by the Buongiorno model have been inspected for the first time. The effects of this works are innovative and original.

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This study investigates the thermal energy and mass transfer process in conducting Jeffrey nanofluid flows through a microchannel, considering slip boundary conditions, Brownian motion, and temperature-dependent thermal conductivity. The impact of physical parameters on momentum, energy, concentration, irreversibility, and irreversibility ratio was analyzed. The study concludes that the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity contributes to the ever-growing thermal energy of the flow system.