We report results of an analytical investigation of linear convection in a nanofluid. We consider a colloidal suspension of solid particles in a Rayleigh-Bénard geometry set-up. The analysis is confined to the mass-dominated convection regime so that results are obtained through analytical means. Our findings depict the dependence of the critical conditions for convection onset as function of several parameters. Thus, the influence of several factors, such as the particle size, the mean volume fraction of particles, the thermophoretic force as well as the sedimentation force, on the instability onset is quantified.
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Multiphase Flow With Heat/Mass Transfer in Process Technology
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