WSEAS Transactions on Heat and Mass Transfer
Print ISSN: 1790-5044, E-ISSN: 2224-3461
Volume 11, 2016
MHD Nanofluid Flow Containing Gyrotactic Microorganisms
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Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the bioconvection induced by the magnetohydrodynamic flow of water based nanofluid containing nanoparticles and motile microorganisms over a vertical plate. Nanofluid bioconvection is generated by buoyancy forces on the interaction of motile microorganisms and nanoparticles. The microorganisms are imposed into the nanofluid to stabilize the nanoparticles to suspend due to a phenomenon called bioconvection. The bioconvection parameters tend to decelerate the concentration of motile microorganisms depend strongly upon the chemical reaction, magnetic, buoyancy, nanofluid and bioconvection parameters.
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Keywords: Bioconvection, MHD boundary layer nanofluid flow, Gyrotactic microorganisms, Brownian motion, thermophoresis particle deposition, chemical reaction
Pages: 30-45
WSEAS Transactions on Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5044 / 2224-3461, Volume 11, 2016, Art. #5