Microorganism and nanoparticle concentration implications on nanofluid flow: application of alteration of oil reservoir wettability by nanoparticles

Abstract The industrial sector seeks to develop enhanced methods to improve thermal transfer efficiency and product quality especially in alteration of reservoir wettability by add nanoparticles to the fluid flow process. Mixing Go + Al 2 O 3 + Ag particles at nanoconcentrations in the raw fluid (kerosene oil) affects the fundamental properties of the oil. This study focuses on the alteration in fluid properties with respect to temperature and nanoparticles concentrations during the flow of the ternary hybrid nanofluid ( Go + Al 2 O 3 + Ag /Kerosene oil) affected by magnetic force and thermal effects from viscosity dissipation, energy transfer by radiation, and chemical activity. The governing model for the permeability of porous disc surfaces is the Darcy-Forchheimer model. The fundamental equations of the problem were formulated with the previous assumptions. The intricate differential equations were converted into simpler ones utilizing similarity transformations. The Chebyshev pseudospectral (CPS) method was applied to reach numerical solutions. The numerical results gave an idea of the extent to which the physical parameters of the problem affect the system velocities, temperature, nanoparticle concentration, and microorganism concentration ℵ. Results uncover that the size of the nanoparticle plays a vital role; an increase within the volume of the nanoparticle leads to an upgrade in thermal conduction, which builds the rate of heat transfer. This will be an important indication that the oil recovery operation will be increased and accelerated. The heat transfer between the molecules of the ternary hybrid nanofluid was significantly improved over that of the single and binary nanofluids. The skin friction evaluated on the lower disc is 2.8 % greater than the one evaluated on the upper disc, while the opposite occurs with the number of Sherwood and the number of moving densities. In other word the force on the surface of the lower disk that resists motion because of the fluid’s viscosity is 2.8 % greater than the force on the surface of the upper disk. A larger value denotes a stronger frictional force. This resistance, also known as skin friction, is a type of drag brought on by the fluid’s interaction with the object’s surface.