diff --git a/include/cantera/transport/TurbulentTransport.h b/include/cantera/transport/TurbulentTransport.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89fe7cbf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cantera/transport/TurbulentTransport.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ *  @file TurbulentTransport.h
+ *    Headers for the TurbulentTransport object, which models transport
+ *    properties in ideal gas solutions using the unity Lewis number
+ *    approximation
+ *    (see \ref tranprops and \link Cantera::TurbulentTransport TurbulentTransport \endlink) .
+ */
+
+// This file is part of Cantera. See License.txt in the top-level directory or
+// at https://cantera.org/license.txt for license and copyright information.
+
+#ifndef CT_TURBULENTTRAN_H
+#define CT_TURBULENTTRAN_H
+
+#include "MixTransport.h"
+
+namespace Cantera
+{
+//! Class TurbulentTransport implements the unity Lewis number approximation
+//! for the mixture-averaged species diffusion coefficients. Mixture-averaged
+//! transport properties for viscosity and thermal conductivity are inherited
+//! from the MixTransport class.
+//! @ingroup tranprops
+class TurbulentTransport : public MixTransport
+{
+public:
+    TurbulentTransport();
+
+    virtual std::string transportType() const {
+        return "Turbulent";
+    }
+
+    virtual void init(thermo_t* thermo, int mode=0, int log_level=0);
+
+    //! Returns the unity Lewis number approximation based diffusion
+    //! coefficients [m^2/s].
+    /*!
+     * Returns the unity Lewis number approximation based diffusion coefficients
+     * for a gas, appropriate for calculating the mass averaged diffusive flux
+     * with respect to the mass averaged velocity using gradients of the mole
+     * fraction.
+     *
+     * \f[
+     *     D^\prime_{km} = \frac{\lambda}{\rho c_p}
+     * \f]
+     *
+     * In order to obtain the expected behavior from a unity Lewis number model,
+     * this formulation requires that the correction velocity be computed as
+     *
+     * \f[
+     *     V_c = \sum \frac{W_k}{\overline{W}} D^\prime_{km} \nabla X_k
+     * \f]
+     *
+     * @param[out] d  Vector of diffusion coefficients for each species (m^2/s).
+     * length m_nsp.
+     */
+    virtual void getMixDiffCoeffs(double* const d) {
+        GasTransport::getMixDiffCoeffs(d);
+
+        double Dm = 0.0;
+        for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+            Dm += d[k] * m_weight[k];
+        }
+        for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+            d[k] = Dm;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //! Not implemented for unity Lewis number approximation
+    virtual void getMixDiffCoeffsMole(double* const d){
+        throw NotImplementedError("TurbulentTransport::getMixDiffCoeffsMole");
+    }
+
+    //! Returns the unity Lewis number approximation based diffusion
+    //! coefficients [m^2/s].
+    /*!
+     * These are the coefficients for calculating the diffusive mass fluxes
+     * from the species mass fraction gradients, computed as
+     *
+     * \f[
+     *     D_{km} = \frac{\lambda}{\rho c_p}
+     * \f]
+     *
+     * @param[out] d  Vector of diffusion coefficients for each species (m^2/s).
+     * length m_nsp.
+     */
+    virtual void getMixDiffCoeffsMass(double* const d){
+        GasTransport::getMixDiffCoeffsMass(d);
+
+        double Dm = 0.0;
+        for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+            Dm += d[k] * m_weight[k];
+        }
+        for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+            d[k] = Dm;
+        }
+    }
+
+protected:
+
+    //! Internal storage for weights to calculate mean diffusivity
+    vector_fp m_weight;
+
+};
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp b/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
index 58d071f6d..ab6719de7 100644
--- a/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/transport/TransportFactory.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "cantera/transport/UnityLewisTransport.h"
 #include "cantera/transport/ConstantTransport.h"
 #include "cantera/transport/WmeanTransport.h"
+#include "cantera/transport/TurbulentTransport.h"
 #include "cantera/transport/IonGasTransport.h"
 #include "cantera/transport/WaterTransport.h"
 #include "cantera/transport/DustyGasTransport.h"
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ TransportFactory::TransportFactory()
     m_synonyms["constant"] = "Constant";
     reg("Wmean", []() { return new WmeanTransport(); });
     m_synonyms["wmean"] = "Wmean";
+    reg("Turbulent", []() { return new TurbulentTransport(); });
+    m_synonyms["turbulent"] = "Turbulent";
     reg("UnityLewis", []() { return new UnityLewisTransport(); });
     m_synonyms["unity-Lewis-number"] = "UnityLewis";
     reg("Mix", []() { return new MixTransport(); });
diff --git a/src/transport/TurbulentTransport.cpp b/src/transport/TurbulentTransport.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ace254d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transport/TurbulentTransport.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *  @file TurbulentTransport.cpp
+ *  Mixture-averaged transport properties for ideal gas mixtures.
+ */
+
+// This file is part of Cantera. See License.txt in the top-level directory or
+// at https://cantera.org/license.txt for license and copyright information.
+
+#include "cantera/transport/TurbulentTransport.h"
+#include "cantera/base/stringUtils.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace Cantera
+{
+TurbulentTransport::TurbulentTransport() :
+    MixTransport(),
+    m_weight(m_nsp)
+{
+}
+
+void TurbulentTransport::init(ThermoPhase* thermo, int mode, int log_level)
+{
+    MixTransport::init(thermo, mode, log_level);
+
+    m_weight.resize(m_nsp);
+
+    m_weight.assign(m_nsp, 0.0);
+    m_weight[0] = 1.0;
+
+    ifstream myfile;
+    myfile.open ("wmean-weights.txt");
+    for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+        myfile >> m_weight[k];
+
+        cout << m_thermo->speciesName(k) << m_weight[k] << endl;
+    }
+    myfile.close();
+
+    // m_reftemp = thermo->temperature();
+    // cout << "check reference temperature" << m_reftemp << endl;
+}
+}