Davangere University

About: Davangere University is a education organization based out in Davangere, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Nanofluid & Heat transfer. The organization has 236 authors who have published 413 publications receiving 3673 citations.

Solution for fractional generalized Zakharov equations with Mittag-Leffler function

Abstract: The pivotal aim of the present work is to find the solution for fractional generalized Zakharov (FGZ) equations using q -homotopy analysis transform method ( q -HATM). The proposed technique is graceful amalgamations of Laplace transform technique with q -homotopy analysis scheme, and fractional derivative defined with Atangana-Baleanu (AB) operator. The fixed point hypothesis considered in order to demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of the obtained solution for the proposed fractional order model. In order to illustrate and validate the efficiency of the proposed technique, we analysed the projected model in terms of fractional order. Moreover, the physical behaviour of the obtained solution has been captured in terms of plots for diverse fractional order and the numerical simulation is also demonstrated. The obtained results elucidate that, the considered algorithm is easy to implement, highly methodical as well as accurate and very effective to analyse the behaviour of coupled nonlinear differential equations of arbitrary order arisen in the connected areas of science and engineering.

Mass Transpiration in Nonlinear MHD Flow Due to Porous Stretching Sheet.

Abstract: Motivated from numerous practical applications, the present theoretical and numerical work investigates the nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) laminar boundary layer flow of an incompressible, viscous fluid over a porous stretching sheet in the presence of suction/injection (mass transpiration). The flow characteristics are obtained by solving the underlying highly nonlinear ordinary differential equation using homotopy analysis method. The effect of parameters corresponding to suction/injection (mass transpiration), applied magnetic field, and porous stretching sheet parameters on the nonlinear flow is investigated. The asymptotic limits of the parameters regarding the flow characteristics are obtained mathematically, which compare very well with those obtained using the homotopy analysis technique. A detailed numerical study of the laminar boundary layer flow in the vicinity of the porous stretching sheet in MHD and offers a particular choice of the parametric values to be taken in order to practically model a particular type of the event among suction and injection at the sheet surface.

Purification and characterization of laccase from Marasmius species BBKAV79 and effective decolorization of selected textile dyes

Abstract: A novel laccase-producing white-rot fungus, Marasmius sp. BBKAV79 (Genbank Accession Number-KP455496, KP455497), was isolated and subjected to purification, characterization and dye decolorization study. The purified enzyme was obtained with a specific activity of 0.226 U mg−1 protein and a final yield of 13.5 %. The enzyme was found to be a monomeric protein with a molecular mass of ~75 kDa as estimated by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and further confirmed with zymogram analysis. The optimal pH and temperature of the laccase was recorded to be 5.5 and 40 °C, respectively. The metal ions Hg2+ and Ag+ were found to drastically inhibit the activity of laccase at the rate of 96.6 and 96.5 %, respectively. Nevertheless, Fe3+ was found to inhibit laccase activity at 40 %. Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) strongly inhibited the laccase activity, and additives viz, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and sodium chloride (NaCl) were known to follow the earlier pattern of enzyme inhibition. The values of kinetic parameters K m and V max for purified laccase were noted at 3.03 mM and 5 μmol min−1, respectively, for guaiacol as substrate. The textile dyes were decolorized at a range of 72–76 % and 88–93 % when treated with Marasmius sp. BBKAV79 and purified laccase, respectively. Based on the outcome of the present investigation, it could be, therefore, inferred that laccase isolated from Marasmius sp. BBKAV79 effectively decolorizes the textile dyes; however, the metal ions Hg2+, Ag+ and Fe3+ and agents like PMSF, SDS, H2O2 and NaCl pose an effective inhibitory potential under specified physicochemical conditions.