Entropy generation phenomena is applied in reactors, turbines, natural convection, chillers, functional and regular graded materials. Irreversibilities of a system and surroundings in powell-Eyring fluid is analyzed in this research… Click to show full abstract
Entropy generation phenomena is applied in reactors, turbines, natural convection, chillers, functional and regular graded materials. Irreversibilities of a system and surroundings in powell-Eyring fluid is analyzed in this research article. Flow is deformed by an inclined sheet. Measure of irreversibility is also called Entropy. Rate of Entropy generation is calculated by considering heat transfer, radiation and viscous dissipation phenomena. Thermal stratification(nonlinear) and heat generation/absorption are incorporated in heat transport while solutal stratification (nonlinear) and chemical reaction have taken part in mass transport. Mixed convection phenomena is also accounted here. To obtain the analytical solutions of nonlinear and nondimensional governing equations homotopic analysis method is applied. The behaviour of emerging parameters is discussed comprehensively via velocity, temperature and concentration profile. Entropy generation can be minimized by small values of Prandtl number and Eckert number. Thus, these physical phenomena can be used as a cooling agent in various industral processes.
               
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