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In this chapter, we consider two-phase flow processes and examine two alternate combinations of primary variables in the solution of the governing equations: (1) pressure-pressure and (2) pressure-saturation. These combinations are explained in the following sections.
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Park, CH., Taron, J., Singh, A., Wang, W., McDermott, C. (2012). Multiphase Flow Processes. In: Kolditz, O., Görke, UJ., Shao, H., Wang, W. (eds) Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Porous Media. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27177-9_12
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