diff --git a/include/cantera/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.h b/include/cantera/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0eb0c739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cantera/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ *  @file ConstPressureReactor.h
+ */
+
+// Copyright 2001  California Institute of Technology
+
+#ifndef CT_IDEALGASCONSTP_REACTOR_H
+#define CT_IDEALGASCONSTP_REACTOR_H
+
+#include "ConstPressureReactor.h"
+
+namespace Cantera
+{
+
+/**
+ * Class ConstPressureReactor is a class for constant-pressure reactors. The
+ * reactor may have an arbitrary number of inlets and outlets, each of which
+ * may be connected to a "flow device" such as a mass flow controller, a
+ * pressure regulator, etc. Additional reactors may be connected to the other
+ * end of the flow device, allowing construction of arbitrary reactor
+ * networks.
+ */
+class IdealGasConstPressureReactor : public ConstPressureReactor
+{
+public:
+    IdealGasConstPressureReactor() {}
+
+    virtual int type() const {
+        return IdealGasConstPressureReactorType;
+    }
+
+    virtual void setThermoMgr(ThermoPhase& thermo);
+
+    virtual void getInitialConditions(doublereal t0, size_t leny,
+                                      doublereal* y);
+
+    virtual void initialize(doublereal t0 = 0.0);
+    virtual void evalEqs(doublereal t, doublereal* y,
+                         doublereal* ydot, doublereal* params);
+
+    virtual void updateState(doublereal* y);
+
+    //! Return the index in the solution vector for this reactor of the
+    //! component named *nm*. Possible values for *nm* are "m", "T", the name
+    //! of a homogeneous phase species, or the name of a surface species.
+    virtual size_t componentIndex(const std::string& nm) const;
+
+protected:
+    vector_fp m_hk; //!< Species molar enthalpies
+};
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/cantera/zeroD/ReactorBase.h b/include/cantera/zeroD/ReactorBase.h
index e6aa7efae..9fbe77c9b 100644
--- a/include/cantera/zeroD/ReactorBase.h
+++ b/include/cantera/zeroD/ReactorBase.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const int ReactorType = 2;
 const int FlowReactorType = 3;
 const int ConstPressureReactorType = 4;
 const int IdealGasReactorType = 5;
+const int IdealGasConstPressureReactorType = 6;
 
 /**
  * Base class for stirred reactors. Allows using any substance model, with
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/reactor.pyx b/interfaces/cython/cantera/reactor.pyx
index 2740ed352..c5811c173 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/reactor.pyx
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/reactor.pyx
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ cdef class IdealGasReactor(Reactor):
     reactor_type = "IdealGasReactor"
 
 
+cdef class IdealGasConstPressureReactor(Reactor):
+    """
+    A homogeneous, constant pressure, zero-dimensional reactor for ideal gas
+    mixtures. The volume of the reactor changes as a function of time in order
+    to keep the pressure constant.
+    """
+    reactor_type = "IdealGasConstPressureReactor"
+
+
 cdef class FlowReactor(Reactor):
     """
     A steady-state plug flow reactor with constant cross sectional area.
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_reactor.py b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_reactor.py
index d577a3442..7a290dd9d 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_reactor.py
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_reactor.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class TestReactor(utilities.CanteraTest):
 
         gas1 = ct.Solution('h2o2.xml')
         gas1.TPX = T0, P0, X0
-        r1 = ct.ConstPressureReactor(gas1)
+        r1 = ct.IdealGasConstPressureReactor(gas1)
 
         net = ct.ReactorNet()
         net.add_reactor(r1)
@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ class TestConstPressureReactor(utilities.CanteraTest):
     as a regular "Reactor" with a wall with a very high expansion rate
     coefficient.
     """
+
+    reactorClass = ct.ConstPressureReactor
+
     def create_reactors(self, add_Q=False, add_mdot=False, add_surf=False):
         self.gas = ct.Solution('gri30.xml')
         self.gas.TPX = 900, 25*ct.one_atm, 'CO:0.5, H2O:0.2'
@@ -594,7 +597,7 @@ class TestConstPressureReactor(utilities.CanteraTest):
         self.gas2.TPX = T0, P0, X0
 
         self.r1 = ct.IdealGasReactor(self.gas1)
-        self.r2 = ct.ConstPressureReactor(self.gas2)
+        self.r2 = self.reactorClass(self.gas2)
 
         self.r1.volume = 0.2
         self.r2.volume = 0.2
@@ -661,6 +664,10 @@ class TestConstPressureReactor(utilities.CanteraTest):
         self.integrate(surf=True)
 
 
+class TestIdealGasConstPressureReactor(TestConstPressureReactor):
+    reactorClass = ct.IdealGasConstPressureReactor
+
+
 class TestFlowReactor(utilities.CanteraTest):
     def test_nonreacting(self):
         g = ct.Solution('h2o2.xml')
diff --git a/src/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.cpp b/src/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f618bab82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+/**
+ *  @file ConstPressureReactor.cpp A constant pressure zero-dimensional
+ *      reactor
+ */
+
+// Copyright 2001  California Institute of Technology
+
+#include "cantera/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.h"
+#include "cantera/zeroD/FlowDevice.h"
+#include "cantera/zeroD/Wall.h"
+#include "cantera/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h"
+#include "cantera/thermo/SurfPhase.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace Cantera
+{
+
+void IdealGasConstPressureReactor::setThermoMgr(ThermoPhase& thermo)
+{
+    //! @TODO: Add a method to ThermoPhase that indicates whether a given
+    //! subclass is compatible with this reactor model
+    if (thermo.eosType() != cIdealGas) {
+        throw CanteraError("IdealGasReactor::setThermoMgr",
+                           "Incompatible phase type provided");
+    }
+    Reactor::setThermoMgr(thermo);
+}
+
+
+void IdealGasConstPressureReactor::
+getInitialConditions(double t0, size_t leny, double* y)
+{
+    m_init = true;
+    if (m_thermo == 0) {
+        throw CanteraError("getInitialConditions",
+                           "Error: reactor is empty.");
+    }
+    m_thermo->restoreState(m_state);
+
+    // set the first component to the total mass
+    y[0] = m_thermo->density() * m_vol;
+
+    // set the second component to the temperature
+    y[1] = m_thermo->temperature();
+
+    // set components y+2 ... y+K+1 to the mass fractions Y_k of each species
+    m_thermo->getMassFractions(y+2);
+
+    // set the remaining components to the surface species
+    // coverages on the walls
+    size_t loc = m_nsp + 2;
+    SurfPhase* surf;
+    for (size_t m = 0; m < m_nwalls; m++) {
+        surf = m_wall[m]->surface(m_lr[m]);
+        if (surf) {
+            m_wall[m]->getCoverages(m_lr[m], y + loc);
+            loc += surf->nSpecies();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void IdealGasConstPressureReactor::initialize(doublereal t0)
+{
+    m_thermo->restoreState(m_state);
+    m_sdot.resize(m_nsp, 0.0);
+    m_wdot.resize(m_nsp, 0.0);
+    m_hk.resize(m_nsp, 0.0);
+    m_nv = m_nsp + 2;
+    for (size_t w = 0; w < m_nwalls; w++)
+        if (m_wall[w]->surface(m_lr[w])) {
+            m_nv += m_wall[w]->surface(m_lr[w])->nSpecies();
+        }
+
+    m_enthalpy = m_thermo->enthalpy_mass();
+    m_pressure = m_thermo->pressure();
+    m_intEnergy = m_thermo->intEnergy_mass();
+
+    size_t nt = 0, maxnt = 0;
+    for (size_t m = 0; m < m_nwalls; m++) {
+        if (m_wall[m]->kinetics(m_lr[m])) {
+            nt = m_wall[m]->kinetics(m_lr[m])->nTotalSpecies();
+            if (nt > maxnt) {
+                maxnt = nt;
+            }
+            if (m_wall[m]->kinetics(m_lr[m])) {
+                if (&m_kin->thermo(0) !=
+                        &m_wall[m]->kinetics(m_lr[m])->thermo(0)) {
+                    throw CanteraError("IdealGasConstPressureReactor::initialize",
+                                       "First phase of all kinetics managers must be"
+                                       " the gas.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    m_work.resize(maxnt);
+    m_init = true;
+}
+
+void IdealGasConstPressureReactor::updateState(doublereal* y)
+{
+    // The components of y are [0] the total mass, [1] the temperature,
+    // [2...K+2) are the mass fractions of each species, and [K+2...] are the
+    // coverages of surface species on each wall.
+    m_mass = y[0];
+    m_thermo->setMassFractions_NoNorm(y+2);
+    m_thermo->setState_TP(y[1], m_pressure);
+    m_vol = m_mass / m_thermo->density();
+
+    size_t loc = m_nsp + 2;
+    SurfPhase* surf;
+    for (size_t m = 0; m < m_nwalls; m++) {
+        surf = m_wall[m]->surface(m_lr[m]);
+        if (surf) {
+            m_wall[m]->setCoverages(m_lr[m], y+loc);
+            loc += surf->nSpecies();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // save parameters needed by other connected reactors
+    m_enthalpy = m_thermo->enthalpy_mass();
+    m_intEnergy = m_thermo->intEnergy_mass();
+    m_thermo->saveState(m_state);
+}
+
+void IdealGasConstPressureReactor::evalEqs(doublereal time, doublereal* y,
+                                   doublereal* ydot, doublereal* params)
+{
+    size_t nk;
+    m_thermo->restoreState(m_state);
+
+    Kinetics* kin;
+    size_t npar, ploc;
+    double mult;
+
+    // process sensitivity parameters
+    if (params) {
+
+        npar = m_pnum.size();
+        for (size_t n = 0; n < npar; n++) {
+            mult = m_kin->multiplier(m_pnum[n]);
+            m_kin->setMultiplier(m_pnum[n], mult*params[n]);
+        }
+        ploc = npar;
+        for (size_t m = 0; m < m_nwalls; m++) {
+            if (m_nsens_wall[m] > 0) {
+                m_wall[m]->setSensitivityParameters(m_lr[m], params + ploc);
+                ploc += m_nsens_wall[m];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    m_Q = 0.0;
+
+    // compute wall terms
+    doublereal rs0, sum, wallarea;
+    double mcpdTdt = 0.0; // m * c_p * dT/dt
+    double dmdt = 0.0; // dm/dt (gas phase)
+    double* dYdt = ydot + 2;
+    m_thermo->getPartialMolarEnthalpies(&m_hk[0]);
+
+    SurfPhase* surf;
+    size_t lr, ns, loc = m_nsp+2, surfloc;
+    fill(m_sdot.begin(), m_sdot.end(), 0.0);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < m_nwalls; i++) {
+        lr = 1 - 2*m_lr[i];
+        m_Q += lr*m_wall[i]->Q(time);
+        kin = m_wall[i]->kinetics(m_lr[i]);
+        surf = m_wall[i]->surface(m_lr[i]);
+        if (surf && kin) {
+            rs0 = 1.0/surf->siteDensity();
+            nk = surf->nSpecies();
+            sum = 0.0;
+            surf->setTemperature(m_state[0]);
+            m_wall[i]->syncCoverages(m_lr[i]);
+            kin->getNetProductionRates(DATA_PTR(m_work));
+            ns = kin->surfacePhaseIndex();
+            surfloc = kin->kineticsSpeciesIndex(0,ns);
+            for (size_t k = 1; k < nk; k++) {
+                ydot[loc + k] = m_work[surfloc+k]*rs0*surf->size(k);
+                sum -= ydot[loc + k];
+            }
+            ydot[loc] = sum;
+            loc += nk;
+
+            wallarea = m_wall[i]->area();
+            for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+                m_sdot[k] += m_work[k]*wallarea;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const vector_fp& mw = m_thermo->molecularWeights();
+    const doublereal* Y = m_thermo->massFractions();
+
+    if (m_chem) {
+        m_kin->getNetProductionRates(&m_wdot[0]); // "omega dot"
+    }
+
+    double mdot_surf = 0.0; // net mass flux from surface
+    for (size_t k = 0; k < m_nsp; k++) {
+        // production in gas phase and from surfaces
+        dYdt[k] = (m_wdot[k] * m_vol + m_sdot[k]) * mw[k] / m_mass;
+        mdot_surf += m_sdot[k] * mw[k];
+    }
+    dmdt += mdot_surf;
+
+    // external heat transfer
+    mcpdTdt -= m_Q;
+
+    for (size_t n = 0; n < m_nsp; n++) {
+        // heat release from gas phase and surface reations
+        mcpdTdt -= m_wdot[n] * m_hk[n] * m_vol;
+        mcpdTdt -= m_sdot[n] * m_hk[n];
+        // dilution by net surface mass flux
+        dYdt[n] -= Y[n] * mdot_surf / m_mass;
+    }
+
+    // add terms for open system
+    if (m_open) {
+        // outlets
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < m_nOutlets; i++) {
+            dmdt -= m_outlet[i]->massFlowRate(time); // mass flow out of system
+        }
+
+        // inlets
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < m_nInlets; i++) {
+            double mdot_in = m_inlet[i]->massFlowRate(time);
+            dmdt += mdot_in; // mass flow into system
+            mcpdTdt += m_inlet[i]->enthalpy_mass() * mdot_in;
+            for (size_t n = 0; n < m_nsp; n++) {
+                double mdot_spec = m_inlet[i]->outletSpeciesMassFlowRate(n);
+                // flow of species into system and dilution by other species
+                dYdt[n] += (mdot_spec - mdot_in * Y[n]) / m_mass;
+                mcpdTdt -= m_hk[n] / mw[n] * mdot_spec;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ydot[0] = dmdt;
+    if (m_energy) {
+        ydot[1] = mcpdTdt / (m_mass * m_thermo->cp_mass());
+    } else {
+        ydot[1] = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    // reset sensitivity parameters
+    if (params) {
+        npar = m_pnum.size();
+        for (size_t n = 0; n < npar; n++) {
+            mult = m_kin->multiplier(m_pnum[n]);
+            m_kin->setMultiplier(m_pnum[n], mult/params[n]);
+        }
+        ploc = npar;
+        for (size_t m = 0; m < m_nwalls; m++) {
+            if (m_nsens_wall[m] > 0) {
+                m_wall[m]->resetSensitivityParameters(m_lr[m]);
+                ploc += m_nsens_wall[m];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+size_t IdealGasConstPressureReactor::componentIndex(const string& nm) const
+{
+    if (nm == "T") {
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        return ConstPressureReactor::componentIndex(nm);
+    }
+
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/zeroD/ReactorFactory.cpp b/src/zeroD/ReactorFactory.cpp
index aa8c14ce2..e5f18b1dd 100644
--- a/src/zeroD/ReactorFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/zeroD/ReactorFactory.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "cantera/zeroD/FlowReactor.h"
 #include "cantera/zeroD/ConstPressureReactor.h"
 #include "cantera/zeroD/IdealGasReactor.h"
+#include "cantera/zeroD/IdealGasConstPressureReactor.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 namespace Cantera
@@ -18,14 +19,16 @@ namespace Cantera
 ReactorFactory* ReactorFactory::s_factory = 0;
 mutex_t ReactorFactory::reactor_mutex;
 
-static int ntypes = 5;
+static int ntypes = 6;
 static string _types[] = {"Reservoir", "Reactor", "ConstPressureReactor",
-                          "FlowReactor", "IdealGasReactor"
+                          "FlowReactor", "IdealGasReactor",
+                          "IdealGasConstPressureReactor"
                          };
 
 // these constants are defined in ReactorBase.h
 static int _itypes[]   = {ReservoirType, ReactorType, ConstPressureReactorType,
-                          FlowReactorType, IdealGasReactorType
+                          FlowReactorType, IdealGasReactorType,
+                          IdealGasConstPressureReactorType
                          };
 
 /**
@@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ ReactorBase* ReactorFactory::newReactor(int ir)
         return new ConstPressureReactor();
     case IdealGasReactorType:
         return new IdealGasReactor();
+    case IdealGasConstPressureReactorType:
+        return new IdealGasConstPressureReactor();
     default:
         throw Cantera::CanteraError("ReactorFactory::newReactor",
                                     "unknown reactor type!");