Finite element study of Soret number effects on MHD flow of Jeffrey fluid through a vertical permeable moving plate

Abstract

An analysis has carried out to study effect of Soret number on MHD free convection flow of heat and mass transfer of an electrically conducting non-Newtonian fluid through a vertical moving porous plate. Set of governing non linear coupled differential equations are converted to a non dimensional set of partial differential equations by introducing the suitable variables. Galerkin finite element technique is applied on non dimensional velocity, temperature and concentration profiles to get numerical solutions. The effect of physical quantities chemical reaction, dufour, other flow parameters on profiles of velocity, temperature and concentration are illustrated through graphs.

Keywords

• Non-Newtonian fluid
• Heat transfer
• Galerkin
• Suction
• Dufour
• Soret number