Soret and Dufour Effects on Unsteady MHD Mixed Convection Flow past a Radiative Vertical Porous Plate Embedded in a Porous Medium with Chemical Reaction

Bhupendra K. Sharma, Kailash Yadav, Nidhish K. Mishra, R. C. Chaudhary

Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Mathematics, D. S. College, Aligarh (U. P.), India.
Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.37105                

Abstract

The Soret and Dufour effects on unsteady MHD mixed convection flow past an infinite radiative vertical porous plate embedded in a porous medium in the presence of chemical reaction have been studied. A uniform magnetic field acts perpendicular to the porous surface. The Rosseland approximation has been used to describe the radiative heat flux in energy equation. The governing equations are solved numerically by applying explicit finite difference Method. The effects of various parameters on the velocity, temperature and concentration fields have been examined with the help of graphs.

Keywords

Dufour Effect; Soret Effect; MHD; Radiation; Chemical Reaction

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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