PDE modeling (heat conduction and flow)

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The heat conduction is expressed by a classic heat equation like

$p(x) u_t + div (A(x) u) = f(x,t) $.

If I look at a porous medium like this (solid+gas) the heat equation should apply too (in a related form).

But what if there's a gas M in the open space of the medium and now there is another gas N flowing into the same space? Can the heat conduction still be expressed in a single equation? Or does this require a system of equations?

How would such an equation or system of equations look like?