We use the energy method to obtain the non-linear stability threshold for thermosolutal convection porous media of Brinkman type with reaction. The obtained non-linear boundaries for different values of the reaction terms are compared with the relevant linear instability boundaries obtained by Wang and Tan (Phys Lett A 373:776-780, 2009). Using the energy theory we obtain the non-linear stability threshold below which the solution is globally stable. The compound matrix numerical technique is implemented to solve the associated system of equations with the corresponding boundary conditions. Two systems are investigated, the heated below salted above case and the heated below salted below case. The effect of the reaction terms and Brinkman term on the Rayleigh number is discussed and presented graphically.
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