Carboxymethyl cellulose-water-based hybrid nanofluid mixed convection flow between porous vertical plates: Entropy generation analysis

This paper analyzes the thermodynamic second law analysis of mixed convection heat transfer of Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC)-water based viscoelastic hybrid nanofluid flow in a vertical parallel plate channel filled with porous medium. In mixed convection flow, where both buoyancy and viscous forces play significant roles in the flow behavior, the inclusion of viscous dissipation in the analysis is crucial. The governing equations of the problem are converted into a system of ordinary differential equations using appropriate similarity transformations, which are then solved by the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). The behavior of non-dimensional velocity, temperature, skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number, entropy generation and Bejan number profiles for a range of pertinent flow parameter values is displayed graphically and deliberated. Study reveals that a decrease in the dominance of viscous forces relative to inertial forces within the porous medium lowers entropy generation in the system.