Comprehensive analysis of thermal and mass transfer dynamics of hybrid ferrofluids under esterification conditions
The dimensions of the hybrid ferrofluid are essential for optimizing heat and mass transport. Consequently, numerous researchers have done additional investigations into the features of this related fluid. This investigation is indispensable for comprehending the velocity, thermal and massive behavior of Fe 3 O 4 –CoFe 2 O 4 /H 2 O during the flow of a hybrid ferrofluid mixed convection stalling point is getting close to a Darcy porous permeable vertical flat plate. Hybrid nanoparticle-based esterification research is a developing field in material science and nanotechnology. Hybrid nanoparticles have the unique catalytic capacity to combine the features of many materials, making them particularly effective in esterification processes. By reducing the partial differential equation governing mass transfer, heat transfer, and fluid flow to a system of ordinary differential equations, the problem’s complexity can be decreased. This is accomplished through the similarity transformation process. The built-in MATLAB solver, bvp4c, is used to numerically solve the system of equations while accounting for a wide range of values for the governing parameters. The features of mass, heat and velocity transmission are investigated in this work for a variety of values of the regulating parameters. Chemical reactions, which include increasing the volume of the irreversible fluid and decreasing the thickness of the concentration boundary layer of reversible fluid, lead to an increase in mass flow and an improvement in mass transfer efficiency. It is ultimately the result of a research that looked at a lot of different things.
Authors
- R. Umadevi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7728-6784)
- M. Gomathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7102-8869)
Institutions
- Sri Venkateswara University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.107515
- Primary Topic
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00