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A useful model for solar radiation

  • S. A. Shehzad
  • , T. Hayat
  • , A. Alsaedi
  • , B. Chen
  • COMSATS University Islamabad
  • Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  • Beijing Normal University

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Abstract

Energy crisis is one of the major issues of our society. There are different forms of renewable energy like wind power, geothermal energy, biomass from plants and solar energy. Solar energy is the only freely available source of renewable energy that comes directly from sun and may be converted into heat or electricity. In this article, we develop a model for solar radiation by considering the laminar flow of an incompressible Oldroyd-B fluid toward a thermally and solutally stratified moving surface with nanoparticles and thermal radiation. The data have been computed by homotopic algorithm. The computed solutions of velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration are plotted for multiple values of parameters of interest.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-38
Number of pages9
JournalEnergy, Ecology and Environment
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Doubly stratified stretching surface
  • MHD
  • Nanoparticles
  • Oldroyd-B fluid
  • Thermal radiation

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