I am developing a gas transfer model for the heating of the stone wool barrier. The system consists of a composite slab (1 mm thin steel plate + l meter thick stone wool). The stone wool material is a fibrous structure with high porosity (\Phi>0.95). one side of the stone wool consists of a steel plate and the other side is fully exposed to the atmosphere. Thus is more close to an open atmosphere scenario. When the system is heated by emitting radiative fluxes on the steel plate, the stone wool material heats up and the organic material (resin used for binding the fibers) decomposes and produces the gas. The gas produces diffuses to the open boundary. The decomposition reaction occurs as long as the air is available in the porous region. The question is whether the gas transfer is purely diffusive or not? Could there be pressure difference in such a highly porous material having an open boundary to the atmosphere? If there is pressure difference then there is velocity and the transfer is not diffusive alone. However for the one-dimensional model, if there is any, what could be the cause for the pressure difference? Or is there any factor that causes the gas convection, or causes the velocity of the gas?