Numerical investigation of reaction driven magneto-convective flow of Sisko fluid

Abstract

In many geothermal engineering applications involving exothermic chemical reactions, gravity, and buoyancy forces significantly enhance yields, especially during the thermal and catalytic cracking involving high temperature and concentration differences of some heavy hydrocarbons. This investigation deals with the numerical examination of nonlinear double convective flow, heat, and mass transfer of reactive Sisko fluid based on chemical kinetics theory for fluid flowing through a nondeformable porous medium. The governing equations are formulated and made dimensionless, and numerical results are obtained by applying the Spectral Chebyshev Collocation Method and validated with the Shooting-RK4 method. The effects of several parameters on the flow, heat, mass transfer, and thermal stability of the combustible fluid are documented in graphical and tabular forms, with detailed explanations. The computation reveals that buoyancy forces and Frank–Kamenetskii parameters encourage a velocity and temperature distribution rise. This analysis gives an insight into friction reduction in many heat and mass transfer thermophysical systems such as automobiles, power generations, and lots more.