Double-Diffusive Nonlinear Buoyancy Force Significance on Free Convective Chemically Reacting Fluids Flow Past Vertical Riga Surface

Abstract

In this research, double-diffusive nonlinear buoyancy force effects on free convective chemically reacting fluids flow past a vertical plate in a Riga surface have been addressed numerically. Cattaneo-Christov theories, viscous dissipation, thermal radiation, thermophoresis and the Soret-Dufour mechanism were modelled in this paper. Also, thermal radiative heat flux was considered based on the Rosseland approximation because the fluid is optically thin. The flow equations were represented using partial differential equations (PDEs). These sets of PDEs were transformed into ordinary differential equations by utilizing suitable similarity variables. The transformed flow equations were numerically solved by employing the spectral collocation method. The outcomes show that enhancement in the velocity and temperature are observed due to an increase in Eckert number, thermal radiation and heat generation parameters. An increase in the relaxation heat and mass flux is noticed to have effects on the concentration and temperature gradient due to the presence of Soret-Dufour mechanisms. The present outcomes were compared with previously published works and are found to be in good agreement.