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+"""
+Dusty Gas model for transport in porous media.
+
+"""
+
+from Cantera.Transport import Transport
+
+class DustyGasTransport(Transport):
+    def __init__(self, phase = None):
+        Transport.__init__(self, model = "DustyGas", phase = phase)
+
+    def setPorosity(self, porosity):
+        self.setParameters(0, 0, [porosity, 0.0])
+
+    def setTortuosity(self, tortuosity):
+        self.setParameters(1, 0, [tortuosity, 0.0])
+
+    def setMeanPoreRadius(self, pore_radius):
+        self.setParameters(2, 0, [pore_radius, 0.0])
+
+    def setMeanParticleDiameter(self, diameter):
+        self.setParameters(3, 0, [diameter, 0.0])                        
+
+    def setPermeability(self, permeability):
+        self.setParameters(4, 0, [permeability, 0.0])
+        
+    def set(self, **p):
+        for o in p.keys():
+            if o == "porosity":
+                self.setPorosity(p[o])
+            elif o == "tortuosity":
+                self.setTortuosity(p[o])
+            elif o == "pore_radius":
+                self.setMeanPoreRadius(p[o])
+            elif o == "diameter":
+                self.setMeanParticleDiameter(p[o])
+            elif o == "permeability":
+                self.setPermeability(p[o])
+            else:
+                raise 'unknown parameter'
+
+    
+