A Viscous Incompressible Heat Generating Fluid Flow Past an Infinite Porous Plate with Radiation Absorption

In this study a viscous incompressible heat generating fluid flow past an infinite vertical porous plate with radiation absorption was investigated. The flow was unsteady and restricted to laminar domain. The equations governing the flow were solved using explicit finite difference method. The influences of the various parameters such as the Eckert number, Grashof number, modified Grashof number, Prandtl number, Schmidt number and Hatman number on the incompressible heat generating fluid past an infinite vertical porous plate in the laminar boundary layers were considered. An analysis of the effects of the parameters on velocity and temperature profiles was done with the aid of graphs and tables.It was found that an increase in mass diffusion parameter Sc, leads to a decrease in both primary and secondary velocity profiles and also concentration profile. However an increase in mass diffusion parameter leads to an increase in the temperature profile.It was also noted that an increase in the viscous dissipative heat Ec, causes an increase in concentration profile. Finally the results obtained are presented using graphs and tables.