Effect of Darcy Dissipation on Melting From a Vertical Plate with Variable Temperature Embedded In Porous Medium

Abstract

The effect of Darcy dissipation on melting from a vertical plate with variable temperature embedded in porous medium is numerically studied. The partial differential equations governing the problem under consideration have been transformed by a similarity transformation into a system of ordinary differential equation which is solved numerically by Runge-Kutta-Gill methods. Dimensionless velocity, Temperature and concentration profiles are presented graphically for various values of physical parameter. During the course of integration, it is found that Increasing the values of melting result into the decrease in local nusselt number. Keyword: Liquid phase;Mixed convection; Melting effect; and porous medium