Mhd Heat and Mass Transfer Free Convection Flow Near the Lower Stagnation Point of an Isothermal Cylinder Imbedded in Porous Domain with the Presence of Radiation

Heat and mass transfer characteristics and the flow behavior on MHD flow near the lower stagnation point of a porous isothermal horizontal circular cylinder have been studied. The equations of conservation of mass, momentum, energy and concentration which govern the case study of heat and mass transfer flow have been obtained. These equations have been transformed into a system of non-dimensional coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformations and finally solved by Runge-Kutta and shooting method. It has been assumed that the fluid is incompressible, absorbing-emitting radiation and viscous, with temperature dependent viscosity and temperature dependent thermal conductivity in the presence of radiation. Velocity profiles, temperature distributions and concentration distributions for the flow have been presented for various values of radiation parameter, viscosity variation parameter, thermal conductivity variation parameter, Prandtl number and Schmidt number. The skin friction factor, local Nusselt number and Sherwood number are also calculated for all the parameters involved in the problem. It has been observed that with the increase in Schmidt number skin friction and Nusselt number decrease, while Sherwood number increases. © 2011 Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. All rights reserved