Bioconvection flow in accelerated couple stress nanoparticles with activation energy: bio-fuel applications

Bio-Fuel Cells – Energy Harvesting Nano Particles

Peristaltic Flow of a Couple-Stress Fluid with Suspended Nanoparticles in an Asymmetric Channel with Flexible Walls

An analysis of peristaltic flow of a couple-stress fluid, with immersed nanoparticles, in an asymmetric channel having flexible walls is presented in this paper. General boundary conditions on velocity, temperature and concentration of nanoparticles are used for the analysis. Thermophoresis and Brownian diffusion effects govern the motion of nanoparticles. Long wave length approximation and low...

The Relative Impacts of U.S. Bio-Fuel Policies on Fuel-Energy Markets: A Comparative Static Analysis

Rapidly declining gasoline prices from their record high during the summer of 2008, while ethanol prices remained relatively high, made it difficult for many bio-fuel policy modelers to fully explain the impacts of U.S. bio-fuel policies on fuel prices. Using profitmaximization models for blenders, refiners, and distillers, we conduct a comparative static analysis to measure the relative magnit...

The Calculation of Polarization Spectrum and Activation Energy of Insulation during Accelerated Thermal Stress

One of the cardinal properties of the insulation system of the electrical equipment is its electrical strength. Usually it is expressed as value of breakdown voltage. There is not electrical destruction of material under this one. The determination of breakdown voltage exactly is possible only by doing electrical strength test. It is a destructive test on insulation system made by solid materia...

Mixed Convection Flow of Couple Stress Fluid in a Vertical Channel with Radiation and Soret Effects

The radiation and thermal diffusion effects on mixed convection flow of couple stress fluid through a channel are investigated. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations. The resulting equations are then solved using the Spectral Quasi-linearization Method (QLM). The results, which ar...