Temperature-Dependent Viscosity and Prandtl Number Effects on Natural Convection Methanol Boundary Layers about a Vertical Plate with Injection

Roopadevi K.N.; A.T. Eswara

doi:10.32628/IJSRST207325

Authors

Roopadevi K.N. Research Centre, Department of Mathematics, GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, India
A.T. Eswara Research Centre, Department of Mathematics, GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST207325

Keywords:

Heat transfer, Injection, Skin friction, Temperature-dependent Viscosity, Temperature.

Abstract

The present study deals with the effect of temperature-dependent viscosity and Prandtl number on the steady, natural, laminar flow of methanol past a vertical porous plate with injection. The coupled nonlinear partial differential equations governing the non-similar flow have been solved numerically using an implicit finite-difference scheme along with the quasilinearization technique. Numerical results indicate that temperature-dependent viscosity and Prandtl number, both have a major role on skin friction and heat transfer parameters as well as velocity and temperature fields.

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