Transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in the subsurface with internal heat generation
Authors :
Nirmala P. Ratchagar and Hemalatha S.V.*
Author Address :
Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu-608 002, India.
*Corresponding author.
Abstract :
The objective of the present study is to investigate the transport of hydrocarbons on the unsteady two dimensional laminar oil flow through the subsurface including internal heat generation and homogeneous first-order chemical reaction. The highly nonlinear coupled differential equations governing the fluid flow, heat and mass transfer are simplified and solved using perturbation technique. The dimensionless velocity of oil flow in the subsurface, temperature of the medium, concentration of the hydrocarbons in water and the coefficient of skin friction for all time are obtained and displayed graphically showing the effects of the different parameters involved.
Keywords :
Concentration of hydrocarbons, Buoyancy effects, Retardation, Chemical reaction.
DOI :
Article Info :
Received : June 15, 2015; Accepted : September 30, 2015.
