Thermodynamics of magnetohydrodynamic Brinkman fluid in porous medium: Applications to thermal science

This research article investigates that how heat flow changes versus temperature or time on the rheology of magnetohydrodynamic Brinkman fluid embedded in porous medium for the oscillations of heated plate. A fractional approach namely Caputo-Fabrizio fractional operator is applied for developing the governing partial differential equations of Brinkman fluid flow. The fractional governing partial differential equations have been modeled for temperature distribution, mass concentration and velocity field along with imposed initial and boundary conditions. The solutions are obtained by integral transforms and presented in special and elementary functions. In the limiting sense, the analytical solutions are particularized in the presence and absence of heat and mass transfer, magnetic field and porous medium. The parametric graphs have been depicted for the influence of different embedded rheological parameters on fluid flow. The results show few interesting differences and similarities by comparative analysis for fractional and ordinary Brinkman fluid flow, such as physically higher Prandtl (Pr) number that leads to decay thermal diffusivity which results in the reduction in thermal field; this means that better quality of production can be achieved through proper choice of Prandtl (Pr) and Schmidt (Sc) numbers.