Passive control of bio-convective flow on Eyring–Powell nanofluid over a slippery surface with activation energy and magnetic impact

Abstract

The current communication deliberates the consequences of the Darcy–Forchheimer flow of Eyring–Powell nanofluid past a slippery surface containing activation energy and motile microorganisms. The flow is influenced by the consequences of Brownian motion, thermal radiation, the Cattaneo–Christov heat-mass flux theory, and thermophoresis. The framed flow models are transformed into ordinary derivative equations by adopting appropriate conversion variables. The transformed equations are numerically tackled by using the bvp4c scheme in MATLAB. The study is remarkable for its comprehensive analysis of the interplay of several flow factors, such as the Forchheimer number, Richardson number, bioconvection Rayleigh number, radiation, thermophoresis, Brownian motion, thermal and mass relaxation time parameters. The outcomes are visualized through tables and diagrams, which provide significant insights into the intricate physical mechanisms involved in this multifaceted subject. Evidently, the velocity profile declines when there is a rise in the buoyancy ratio parameter and the opposite trend is obtained for the Richardson number. The temperature grows when there is a larger magnitude of the thermophoresis parameter and it reduces for greater values of the time relaxation parameter. The activation energy and mass relaxation parameters enhance the concentration profile. The microbe density increases when enhancing the quantity of Peclet number and it declines for bioconvection Lewis number.

Keywords

• Eyring–Powell fluid
• Darcy–Forchheimer flow
• Radiation
• Activation energy
• Bioconvection