This paper deals with the combined effects of magnetohydrodynamics free convective two immiscible fluid flows over a horizontal channel in the occurrence of heat and mass transfer and the chemical response for the event of time-dependent oscillatory transpiration velocity.

The formation and the solution of non-linear equations of heat and mass transfer are dealt analytically and solved numerically with the suitable boundary conditions for every fluid. The governing equations of the flow were rewritten into standard differential equations and solved by a regular perturbation method. The expressions for the concentration, velocity and heat for every fluid movement are obtained. The effects of various constraints like Schmidt number, Grashof number for heat and mass transfer, Prandtl number, etc. on the velocity, concentration and temperature fields have been graphically discussed.

heat transfer, mass transfer, oscillatory flow, chemical reaction, immiscible fluids.

Received: January 8, 2022; Revised: February 3, 2022; Accepted: March 2, 2022; Published: May 31, 2022

How to cite this article: L. Sivakami, P. Balasowandari and S. Sangeetha, Oscillatory flow in two immiscible fluids with heat and mass transfer under a chemical reaction in a horizontal channel, JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 27 (2022), 57-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0973576322024

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