Abstract: A combustor includes a first premixture supply device provided in a central portion of a combustion chamber disposed generally concentric with a combustion cylinder, and a second premixture supply means provided adjacent to an outer periphery of the first premixture supply device. The first premixture supply device is operable when the combustor is under a high load, and the second premixture supply device is operable when the combustor is under a low load. A method of operating a combustor is also proposed wherein the combustor comprises a combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber therein and a premixture supply device provided on one side of the combustion cylinder for supplying a combustible mixture to the combustion chamber. The premixture supply device comprising at least two inner and outer premixture supply devices.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a first-stage combustion chamber being arranged to serve as a premix chamber for a second-stage combustion chamber and an auxiliary burner provided in the first-stage combustion chamber and arranged to effect, when fired, combustion and holding of a flame in the first-stage combustion chamber and to effect, when extinguished, feed a flame from the first-stage combustion chamber to the second-stage combustion chamber.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a first-stage combustion chamber being arranged to serve as a premix chamber for a second-stage combustion chamber and an auxiliary burner provided in the first-stage combustion chamber and arranged to effect, when fired, combustion and holding of a flame in the first-stage combustion chamber and to effect, when extinguished, feed a flame from the first-stage combustion chamber to the second-stage combustion chamber; and a method of driving the gas turbine combustor including a step of preparing the auxiliary burner in the first stage combustion chamber, the auxiliary burner being sparked when said combustion is fired, and causing the first-stage combustion camber to serve as the premixing chamber for the second-stage combustion chamber by extinguished the auxiliary burner.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor for reducing a production of NOx. The combustor includes a head combustion chamber and a rear combustion chamber which is larger in diameter than the head combustion chamber. The head combustion chamber is provided with an axially extending hollow frustoconical tubular member to form an annular combustion space therein, air holes for axially jetting air into the annular combustion chamber, air holes formed on a peripheral wall for injecting air and a plurality of fuel nozzles projected into the annular combustion space for injecting fuel into vortex formed by the air jet and the injected air flow whereby the flame is stabilized and lean combustion can be effected. The rear combustion chamber has a fuel and air supply means on the upstream side which includes air inlets formed by whirling vanes and fuel nozzles disposed in the air inlets so that fuel and air are mixed well.