LOW NOX COMBUSTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contribute to the reduction of discharging of NOx in a gas turbine engine by a method wherein the air stream of a specified amount is introduced from the air port of a combustor at the downstream of a dome by a specified distance into a fuel air spray pattern. SOLUTION: A combustion chamber 6 is provided with side walls 7, 8, connected to a dome or an end surface 9, so as to form a slender and annular combustion chamber 11. Fuel and a first specified amount of air stream are injected into the combustion chamber 6 to form uniformly distributed fuel air spray pattern, flowing at the downstream of the combustion chamber 6 and mixed so as to contain highly rich fuel. A second specified amount of air stream is introduced from the dome 9 into the fuel air spray pattern through the air port 17 of a combustor at the downstream of the dome 9 by a first specified distance. In this case, the first specified distance is 0.75 times of the height of the dome 9 and the second specified amount of air stream is the amount of dilute air enough to cause rapid mixing and quenching of mixture of fuel and air in the mixture of dilute fuel and air.