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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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  1. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, Korea

    Chan-Hee Park

  2. Department of Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany

    Joshua Taron, Ashok Singh & Wenqing Wang

  3. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh (UE), Edinburgh, UK

    Chris McDermott

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  1. Environmental Research UFZ, Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Center for, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany

    Olaf Kolditz

  2. Research UFZ, Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany

    Uwe-Jens Görke

  3. and Natural Resources, Geological-geotechnical Exploration, Federal Institute for Geosciences, Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, Germany

    Hua Shao

  4. Research UFZ, Environmental Informatics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental, Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany

    Wenqing Wang

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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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