  In this paper we study a singular limit problem in the context of partially
dissipative first order quasilinear systems. This problem arises in multiphase
fluid mechanics. More precisely, taking into account dissipative effects for
the velocity, we show that the so-called Kapilla system is obtained as a
relaxation limit from the Baer-Nunziato (BN) system and derive the convergence
rate of this process. The main problem we encounter is that the (BN)-system
does not verify the celebrated (SK) condition due to Shizuta and Kawashima. It
turns out that we can rewrite the (BN)-system in terms of new variables such as
to highlight a subsystem for which the linearized does verify the (SK)
condition which is coupled through lower-order terms with a transport equation.
We construct an appropriate weighted energy-functional which allows us to
tackle the lack of symmetry of the system, provides decay information and
allows us to close the estimate uniformly with respect to the relaxation
parameter.
