1. Introduction
Hybrid nanofluids are created by diffusing two different nanomaterials in the base fluid. Hybrid nanofluids outperform the nanofluids and base fluids in heat transfer efficiency. Hybrid nanofluid implementation has been significantly developed to improve the heat exchanger performance in various industrial and engineering procedures, organic and biological instruments and automobile heaters, see [
1,
2]. Hayat et al. [
3] scrutinized the HT analysis of the Ag-CuO/H
O HNF. Zainal et al. [
4] studied the HT variations in an HNF over a permeable moving surface. They detected that the HT rate enriches when raising the NPVF. The impact of the Newtonian heating of a water-based Ag-Al
O
HNF over an SS was studied. They found that the fluid friction rises due to an increase in the NPVF. The 2nd-order slip and heat absorption of the HNF in the porous medium was probed by Bakar et al. [
5]. They demonstrated that the thermal transmission rate rises as the NPVF increases. Dadheech et al. [
6] explored the MHD flow of the CuO-Ag/C
H
O
HNF over an SS. Their result shows that the velocity declines when the NPVF increases. The 3D MHD flow of an ethylene glycol-based HNF over an SS was inspected by Kumar et al. [
7]. They noted that the solid VF leads to suppressing the transverse velocity field. Aladdin et al. [
8] investigated the HT variations in a water-based Al
O
-TiO
HNF over a moving plate. They observed that the SFC rises when increasing the NPVF. Chahregh et al. [
9] explained the Titanium-silver/blood hybrid nanofluid flow. They noted that the temperature gradient rises when there is an increased value of
. Devi and Devi [
10] discussed the hybrid nanofluid Al
O
-Cu/H
O and Cu/H
nanofluid over an SS. They observed that the VF
grows in the temperature gradient, alternatively reducing the velocity gradient. Ali et al. [
11] analyzed the HT on Carboxymethyl cellulose/H
O across a hybrid nanofluid. They noted that the drag friction and the LN grow when enhancing the NPVF.
The fluid movement throughout a porous material is crucial in many contexts, including crude oil production, nuclear waste documents, grain amassing, thermal isolation and many more. A famous phrase for describing the qualities of a substance in a porous medium was coined by Darcy. However, he failed to account for boundary and inertia effects. Porous media uses in today’s era of lightning-fast technology fall into distinct categories based on their respective speeds. When this occurs, the flow is irregular. Because this is the case, inertia and boundary features must be taken into account. This restriction was lifted by Forchheimer [
12], who modified the Darcian equation to include a square velocity term. For more significant Reynolds numbers, this expression holds, and it was later given the name the “Forchheimer term”. Haider et al. [
13] explored the flow of an HNF through a Darcy–Forchheimer medium. They discovered that the porosity parameter improves the SFC. Khan et al. [
14] probed the DF flow of a water-based HNF with a Marangon convection. They observed that a growing porosity parameter leads to a decrease in the fluid velocity. The entropy optimization of a DF flow of an HNF on an SS was analyzed by Khan et al. [
15]. They noted that the local Nusselt number decreases as the porosity parameter increases. The 3D DF and radiative flow of glycerin-based CNTs past a Riga plate with the Cattaneo–Christov theory were analytically investigated by Eswaramoorthi et al. [
16]. They detected that the Forchheimer strongly affects skin friction. Tayyab et al. [
17] evaluated the changes in a 3D MHD DF flow of the nanofluid with a dissipation impact. They proved that the concentration profile upgrades when upgrading the Forchheimer number.
The outputs of a heat source/sink become a crucial component in many different industrial processes, such as semiconductors, transistors, the storage of foodstuffs, packed bed reactors, optoelectronic devices and air conditioning, amongst others. Alzahrani et al. [
18] explored the consequences of an MHD DF flow of an HNF past a flat plate with a heat source/sink. Their results clearly show that the heat source/sink parameter improves the thermal profile. The impact of a heat source/sink of 2D time-dependent water/kerosene-based carbon nanotubes past a heated Riga plate was demonstrated by Prabakaran et al. [
19]. It is seen from this study that the nanoliquid temperature grows with a larger heat source/sink parameter. Mumraiz et al. [
20] used the Adams–Bashforth procedure to solve the problem of an MHD HNF past an SS with a non-linear heat sink/source. They revealed that the nanofluid temperature grows when improving the heat source parameter. The radiative MHD flow of a nanofluid past an uneven inclined shrinking/stretching sheet with a heat source/sink was presented by Thumma et al. [
21]. They proved that the heat source/sink cases upgrade the heat transfer gradient values. Mabood et al. [
22] probed the consequences of a non-uniform heat sink/source of an MHD flow of thermally radiative micropolar fluid over an SS. They demonstrated that the fluid temperature decays when developing the heat sink/source parameter. The impact of a space/thermal-dependent heat source of an MHD nanofluid in a rotating disk was inspected by Mahanthesh et al. [
23]. They proved that the space-dependent heat source parameter leads to developing the nanofluid temperature. Ramandevi et al. [
24] evaluated the MHD flow of a Casson/viscoelastic fluid past an SS with a non-uniform heat sink/source effect. They noticed the thicker thermic boundary layer attained in the Casson fluid compared to the viscoelastic fluid for a varying space-dependent heat sink/source parameter.
The electrodes are alternatively built on the Riga plate, which is hydromagnetic induced in the presence of a fluid flow. The Riga plate’s innovative composition and placement in various fluid flow models are crucial in causing the Lorentz effect to have an impact. Gailitis and Lielausis [
25], who conducted this research experimentally in the Riga Laboratory, were the ones who initially proposed this advanced Riga plate mechanism. Several fluid flow issues are solved by the Riga plate configuration, which is very useful and successful. For example, in many physical settings, especially in submarines, the design helps reduce skin friction. Fluid dynamics and other biological processes employ the Riga plate in various ways. The primary determinant in the Riga plate’s magnetic term cast-off is known as the Hartmann number, and in such a scenario, fluid motion is considered. Ahmed et al. [
26] probed the nanofluid flow through a Riga plate. The 3D flow of the Casson/Williamson nanofluid past a Riga plate was investigated by Akolade et al. [
27]. They observed that the nanofluid concentration decreases when enriching the Hartman number. The radiative flow of a nanofluid past a Riga plate was explored by Kumar et al. [
28]. They observed that the nanofluid temperature decreases when enhancing the Hartman number. Adeosun et al. [
29] analyzed the flow of a Casson nanofluid on a heated stretching Riga plate. They made the discovery that when they improved the modified Hartmann number, the local Sherwood number also improved. Numerical research on entropy optimization of the time-dependent Oldroyd-B nanofluid over the Riga plate was conducted by Mburu et al. [
30]. They found that the Harman number leads to a rise in the entropy generation.
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, as shown by the analysis above, no efforts have been taken to scrutinize the impact of a DF flow of a water-based Ag-AlO and TiO-AlO HNF with the influence of radiation and a non-uniform heat sink/source past a heated Riga plate. The flow that is caused by thermal radiation plays a vital role in polymer preparation, gas turbines, furnace design, nuclear reactor cooling, thermal insulation and many others. We rest assured that our computational outcomes are implemented in any real-time problems in various areas of thermal engineering, heating/cooling processes, energy generation, the design of new thermal systems, etc. The current investigation aims to find answers to the following research issues:
What are the unique rheological characteristics of water-based Ag-AlO and TiO-AlO hybrid nanofluids?
What is the impact of the Darcy–Forchheimer flow over a Riga plate?
How do thermal radiation and the non-uniform heat sink/source phenomena impact the heat transfer?
What is the significance of the slip effect in the velocity profile?
How is the heat transfer process made by applying the convective heating condition?
2. Mathematical Formulation
Consider the steady 2D DF flow of HNF toward a Riga plate. Let the
x-axis run parallel to the plate and the
y-axis run perpendicular to it. The flow is maintained in the direction of
toward a plate. Let us consider that the temperature of the fluid, denoted by
, is higher than the temperature of the surrounding environment, marked by
. The thermal radiation and non-uniform heat sink/source effects are considered. It is expected that the sheet’s surface will be heated convectively by a hot fluid with a temperature of
and this makes a heat exchange coefficient
. The schematic layout of the dual type of HNF and structure of the Riga plate are plotted in
Figure 1a,b. The rheological equation of the governing flow models is expressed as follows, see Sulochana et al. [
31]:
where
The corresponding boundary conditions are
Define the symmetry variables
Using the above symmetry variables (
6) into Equations (2) and (3),
subject to the boundary condition
where
For this purpose, the skin friction coefficient and the reduced local Nusselt number are the relevant physical quantities, which are defined as follows:
4. Results and Discussion
This section provides the effects of the relevant flow factors on the velocity, temperature, SFC and LNN with a constant magnitude of the Prandtl number. The thermophysical properties of a conventional and HNF are compiled in
Table 1 and
Table 2.
Table 3 explains the comparison of the previous and present results and found that our computational results exactly matched with Ibrahim and Shankar [
33].
Table 4 shows the estimate of
,
,
,
,
and
on the SFC. The SFC increases when the modified Hartmann number increases. On the other hand, the SFC slows down to improve the quality of
and
. It is noticed that the SFC for (Ag and Al
O
) is high when compared to (TiO
and Al
O
).
Table 5 summarizes the effects of
and
on the LNN. It is observed that the LNN enhances when it slumps the values of
and
K.
Figure 2a–d demonstrate the impact of
and
on the velocity field. It is observed that the fluid speed decreases as it increases the
and
. However, it develops when heightening the modified Harmann number. In physics, a more extensive modification of the Hartman number produces a stronger field, producing a more substantial wall parallel to a Lorentz force. As a result, the fluid speed increases. The size of the porosity parameter
tends to increase the fluid resistance during the flow, resulting in a halving of the speed and a reduction in the thickness of the MBL. Furthermore, it was noted that the MBL thickness is higher in the (Ag-Al
O
) nanoparticle than in the (TiO
-Al
O
) nanoparticle. The NPVF
and
on the velocity profile is portrayed in
Figure 3a,b. It is noticed that the fluid speed decreases near the plate, and it enhances the plate far away when escalating the values of
. The more presence of
decays the fluid velocity profile.
Figure 4a–d portray the temperature variations in
A,
B,
and
K. It is discovered that the fluid warmness increases when enlarging the values of
A,
B and
, and it slumps for large size of
K. Physically, the most significant quantity of the radiation parameter develops the transport energy level of the fluid. Thus, the fluid hotness improves. The fluid thermal field is reduced with the slip parameter’s increasing value. Physically, the slip parameter makes the flow strike over the surface. By increasing the heat source and sink parameters, the maximum temperature inside the liquid is generated, which increases the thickness of the TBL, and this causes an improvement in the fluid thermal field.
The temperature distributions of
,
,
and
are sketched in
Figure 5a–d. It is observed that the fluid temperature heightens as it strengthens the values of Bi,
and
, and the reverse trend is obtained for the suction/injection parameter. Physically, the greater the convective heating parameter’s (
) magnitude, the richer the HT coefficient, increasing the fluid heat and thickening the thermal barrier layer. Additionally, it should be highlighted that the TiO
-Al
O
nanoparticle has a thicker thermal boundary layer than the Ag-Al
O
nanoparticle. Physically, the Ag-Al
O
/H
O nanoparticles have a higher thermal conductivity than the TiO
-Al
O
/H
O nanoparticles. The effect of
,
,
and
on the SFC for both cases is shown in
Figure 6a,b. This graph demonstrates that increasing the values of
,
and
decays the surface shear stress. However, a greater presence of
leads to improving the surface shear stress. The local Nusselt number for different values of
,
B,
and
for both cases are plotted in
Figure 7a,b. It can be seen that the HTR decreases when enhancing the values of
B and it increases when there are greater values of
,
and
. In addition, the HTG is lesser in TiO
-Al
O
/H
O than the Ag-Al
O
/H
O.
Figure 8a–d display the decimating percentage of the surface shear stress for various Ha,
and
values in the Ag-Al
O
/H
O HNF, TiO
-Al
O
/H
O HNF and viscous fluid. The maximum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Ha changes from 0.5 to 0.7. The minimum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Ha changes from 0 to 0.3. The maximum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the L changes from 0.1 to 0.2. The minimum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the L changes from 0.4 to 0.5. The maximum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Fr changes from 3 to 4. The minimum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Fr changes from 3 to 4. The maximum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the fw changes from -0.2 to -0.1. The minimum decimating percentage of the SFC is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the fw changes from 0.1 to 0.2.
Figure 9a–d show the percentage increase in the wall shear stress for different
and
B values in Ag-Al
O
/H
O, TiO
-Al
O
/H
O and viscous fluid. The maximum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Rd changes from 0.2 to 0.4. The minimum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Rd changes from 0.8 to 1. The maximum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the A changes from 0 to 0.4. The minimum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the A changes from 0.8 to 1.2. The maximum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the B changes from 0.6 to 0.8. The minimum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the B changes from 0 to 0.2. The maximum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Bi changes from 0.1 to 0.3. The minimum increasing percentage of the LNN is Ag-Al
O
, TiO
-Al
O
and viscous fluid
, attained when the Bi changes from 0.7 to 1.