MODELING ELECTRIFICATION OF SPM ON THE THERMAL RADIATIVE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OF A PARTICULATE SUSPENSION OVER A STRETCHING SHEET IN PRESENCE OF HEAT SOURCE/SINK

Thermal radiative boundary layer flow of particulate suspension due to an exponential stretching sheet in presence of electrification of particles and internal heat source/sink is considered in this study. Similarity transformation followed by shooting technique using Runge-Kutta 4^th order method is adopted for analyzing this problem. Particle electrification and the effect of a heat source/sink are included in the set of influencing parameters to understand the flow characteristics. From this investigation it is observed that the higher electrification parameter is to reduce the normalized fluid temperature and to enhance the normalized particle temperature in the presence of heat source, whereas the trend is reversed in the presence of heat sink.