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The focus has been to evaluate the differences,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eas well as the possible sources of errors that would arise in a CFD simulations when\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Econventional single-phase and multi-phase equilibrium RG thermodynamics are employed:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ean area of research that despite the active interest in many communities (especially CFD),\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ehas not been completely understood.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKnowledge of the effects that multi-phase RG thermodynamics with the assumption of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Evapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) can have on a flow dynamics is important because it establishes\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe relevance of the fully coupled CFD-VLE solver that goes beyond the stand-alone\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecalculation of a multi-phase condition, providing important insights about the physics that\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Emay not be captured if the single-phase assumption is invoked at all the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work provides an extensive study or RG mixtures from a physical and numerical point\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eof view. The difficulties associated with their modeling are discussed in detail and solutions\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eare provided accordingly. 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