Eulerian-Eulerian Simulation of Particle-Liquid Slurry Flow in Horizontal Pipe

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Journal of Petroleum Engineering

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Figure 4: Eulerian-Eulerian Simulation of Particle-Liquid Slurry Flow in Horizontal Pipe 