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+// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
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+/*!
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \brief Binary coefficients for water and a "constant" component.
+ */
+#ifndef DUMUX_BINARY_COEFF_H2O_CONSTANT_HH
+#define DUMUX_BINARY_COEFF_H2O_CONSTANT_HH
+
+#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
+
+#include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
+#include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
+
+#include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
+#include <dumux/material/components/constant.hh>
+
+namespace Dumux
+{
+
+namespace Properties
+{
+// forward declaration of the needed properties
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ComponentHenryComponentInWater);
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ComponentHenryWaterInComponent);
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ComponentGasDiffusionCoefficient);
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ComponentLiquidDiffusionCoefficient);
+
+// set default values
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(NumericModel, ComponentHenryComponentInWater, 1.0);
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(NumericModel, ComponentHenryWaterInComponent, 1.0);
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(NumericModel, ComponentGasDiffusionCoefficient, 1.0);
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(NumericModel, ComponentLiquidDiffusionCoefficient, 1.0);
+} // end namespace Properties
+
+namespace BinaryCoeff
+{
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Binary coefficients for water and another component.
+ * \todo All other binary coefficient could be generalized like this
+ */
+template<class TypeTag, class Component>
+class H2O_Component
+{
+    H2O_Component()
+    {
+        DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented, "The binary coefficients for H2O and your "
+                     << "component are not implemented! Please implement the needed specialization.");
+    }
+};
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Binary coefficients for water and a constant component
+ */
+template<class TypeTag>
+class H2O_Component<TypeTag, Constant<TypeTag, typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar)>>
+{
+public:
+    /*!
+     * \brief Henry coefficent \f$N/m^2\f$  for heavy oil in liquid water.
+     *
+     * See:
+     *
+     */
+
+    template <class Scalar>
+    static Scalar henryCompInWater(Scalar temperature)
+    {
+        static const Scalar h = GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, Scalar, Component, HenryComponentInWater);
+        return h;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Henry coefficent \f$N/m^2\f$  for water in liquid heavy oil.
+     *
+     * See:
+     *
+     */
+
+    template <class Scalar>
+    static Scalar henryWaterInComp(Scalar temperature)
+    {
+        static const Scalar h = GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, Scalar, Component, HenryWaterInComponent);
+        return h;
+    }
+
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Binary diffusion coefficent \f$m^2/s\f$ for molecular water and heavy oil.
+     *
+     */
+    template <class Scalar>
+    static Scalar gasDiffCoeff(Scalar temperature, Scalar pressure)
+    {
+        static const Scalar D = GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, Scalar, Component, GasDiffusionCoefficient);
+        return D;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Diffusion coefficent \f$m^2/s\f$ for tce in liquid water.
+     *
+     * \todo
+     */
+    template <class Scalar>
+    static Scalar liquidDiffCoeff(Scalar temperature, Scalar pressure)
+    {
+        static const Scalar D = GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, Scalar, Component, LiquidDiffusionCoefficient);
+        return D;
+    }
+};
+
+} // end namespace BinaryCoeff
+
+} // end namespace Dumux
+
+#endif