Bioconvection in a Porous Medium Saturated with a Casson Nanofluid
Abstract
The bio-convective heat transfer of an incompressible, viscous, electrically conducting Casson nanofluid past a wedge has been analyzed. Furthermore, using a similarity variable, the governing flow equations are transformed to non-linear coupled differential equations corresponding to a two-point boundary value problem, which is solved numerically. A comparison of the solution technique is carried out with previous work and the results are found to be in good agreement. Numerical results for the coefficient of skin friction, Nusselt number, Sherwood number, micro-organism flux as well as the velocity, temperature, nanoparticles and micro-organisms concentration profiles are presented for different physical parameters. The analysis of the obtained results shows that the field of flow is significantly influenced by these parameters.
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