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The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of thermal radiation on convective heat transfer for an electrically conducting hybrid nanofluid moving perpendicularly through a microchannel with parallel plates heated under isothermal conditions, while subjected to a transverse magnetic field. In this case, one surface exhibited a superhydrophobic slip and temperature jump, whereas the others did not. The objective of the study was to determine the impacts of thermal radiation, heat generation, and magnetism on the volume flow rate, velocity, and bulk temperature when either surface is heated by a constant wall temperature. Our findings reveal that the radiation parameter significantly influences both the Nusselt number and skin friction differently depending on the surface conditions, while also reducing flow rate and bulk temperature. The heat generation parameter similarly affects these variables but varies with the type of surface being heated. Additionally, both the velocity and temperature profiles increase with the porosity parameter and heat generation coefficient, regardless of the heated surface. Statistical analysis confirms the significance of magnetic and heat generation parameters in determining skin friction and the Nusselt number, and streamlines and isotherms illustrating the effects of thermal radiation and magnetism on two different hybrid nanofluids when heated on nonslip and superhydrophobic surfaces were provided. These insights provide valuable information for the design and maintenance of mini- and microdevices in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Hybrid nanofluid, which is a combination of Propylene Glycol (PG) – Water (H2O) admixture and paraffin wax and sand, may be utilized as a standby for PG and (H2O) blend in solar thermal framework. Objective of this article is the exploration of the dissipative flow propylene-glycol and water mixture based hybrid nanofluid by a sphere with chemical reaction and heat source parameters. MATLAB in-built solver bvp4c is utilized to exhibit the impacts of various parameters on regular profiles including temperature. Correlation coefficient is utilized to elucidate the impact of pertinent parameters on engineering parameters of concern, such as, surface friction factor. Main findings of this work are magnetic field is having a negative association with friction factor and chemical reaction is consuming a significant positive relationship with Sherwood number. It is witnessed that heat source and Eckert number are useful to meliorate the fluid temperature. Furthermore, validation is performed among our results and earlier published outcomes. Good agreement is detected.