Patent Publication Number: US-11397006-B2

Title: Gas turbine combustor

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a continuation application, under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a), of international application No. PCT/JP2017/013089, filed Mar. 29, 2017, which claims priority to Japanese patent application No. 2016-074349, filed Apr. 1, 2016, the disclosure of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this application. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a combustor, used in a gas turbine engine, which mixes and burns fuel gas such as hydrogen gas, water vapor, and air. 
     Description of Related Art 
     In recent years, as for gas turbine systems, a technique of injecting fuel and water or water vapor into a combustor in order to reduce generation of NOx in exhaust gas and enhance efficiency of the system, has been developed (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). 
     RELATED DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     [Patent Document 1] JP Laid-open Patent Publication No. H06-66156 
     [Patent Document 2] JP Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2015-75314 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     However, in the combustor disclosed in Patent Document 1, a water vapor nozzle and a gas fuel injection nozzle are disposed apart from each other, and water vapor and gas fuel are mixed in a combustion chamber only after having been injected into the combustor. Therefore, distribution in concentration of the fuel and the water vapor in the combustion chamber becomes non-uniform, and reduction of NOx contained in exhaust gas after combustion is insufficient. Meanwhile, in the combustor disclosed in Patent Document 2, since fuel gas and water vapor are premixed and then the mixture gas is injected into a combustion chamber, distribution in concentration of the fuel and the water vapor becomes uniform. However, since the water vapor and the fuel gas, between which the temperature difference is large, are brought into direct contact with each other in a fuel injection device, the water vapor condenses to be drain water. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a gas turbine combustor capable of preventing water vapor from condensing to be drain water, and capable of achieving effective reduction in generation of NOx by uniformly mixing fuel and water vapor. 
     In order to attain the above object, a gas turbine combustor according to the present invention is a gas turbine combustor which is a combustor used in a gas turbine for mixing and burning a fuel gas, a water vapor, and an air. 
     The gas turbine combustor includes: 
     a fuel injection device including a fuel injection portion configured to directly inject the fuel gas into a combustion chamber, and a water vapor injection portion provided on at least one of a position radially outward of the fuel injection portion and a position radially inward of the fuel injection portion; and 
     an air supply chamber provided on at least one of a position radially outward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially outward of the fuel injection portion, and a position radially inward of the water vapor injection portion provided radially inward of the fuel injection portion, the air supply chamber being configured to supply the air to be mixed with the water vapor injected from the water vapor injection portion. 
     According to this configuration, since the water vapor injection portion and the air supply chamber are adjacent to each other in the radial direction, the water vapor, which has been brought into contact with the high-temperature air and diluted by the air, can be brought into contact with the fuel gas, thereby preventing the water vapor from condensing to be drain water. Further, since the water vapor injection portion is interposed between the fuel injection portion and the air supply chamber, the vapor can be appropriately injected to a combustion reaction interface between the fuel gas and the air. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the gas turbine combustor may include: an outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion provided radially outward of the fuel injection portion; an inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion provided radially inward of the fuel injection portion; an outer air supply chamber provided radially outward of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion; and an inner air supply chamber provided radially inward of the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion. According to this configuration, since the mixture of water vapor and air is injected from near the radially center portion to a primary combustion zone in the combustion chamber, the primary combustion zone is diluted, thereby enabling more uniform combustion. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the gas turbine combustor may further include an inner mixing promotion member configured to promote mixing of the water vapor supplied from the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion and the air supplied from the inner air supply chamber. According to this configuration, the water vapor, which has been mixed with the high-temperature air and diluted by the air, is brought into contact with the fuel gas, whereby the water vapor can be more reliably prevented from condensing to be drain water. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the fuel injection device may include an air introduction passage configured to introduce an air from the outer air supply chamber into the inner air supply chamber. According to this configuration, the air can be introduced into the inner-diameter-side air supply chamber, with a compact and simple structure. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion may be opened in the outer air supply chamber. The gas turbine combustor may further include an outer mixing promotion member configured to mix the water vapor supplied from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion and the air supplied from the outer air supply chamber, and to inject the mixture into the combustion chamber. According to this configuration, also on the outer diameter side, the water vapor, which has been mixed with the high-temperature air and diluted by the air, is brought into contact with the fuel gas, whereby the water vapor can be more reliably prevented from condensing to be drain water. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, the fuel injection portion may be formed with a fuel injection hole that is inclined in the circumferential direction. According to this configuration, the fuel gas to be injected into the combustion chamber can be swirled by the simple structure, without the necessity of additionally providing a member for swirling the fuel gas. 
     In the case where the fuel injection hole is inclined in the circumferential direction, a plurality of the fuel injection holes may be arranged in the radial direction. According to this configuration, the area near the opening of each fuel injection hole is reduced, thereby preventing the fuel gas injected in the inclined direction from being burnt on an end surface. 
     In one embodiment of the present invention, a combustion liner forming the combustion chamber may have air introduction holes in multiple stages in the axial direction, and the air introduction hole in an upstream-side stage may have a diameter greater than that of the air introduction hole in a downstream-side stage. According to this configuration, a larger amount of air is supplied to an upstream portion of the combustion chamber to dilute the primary combustion zone, thereby realizing uniform combustion. 
     Any combination of at least two constructions, disclosed in the appended claims and/or the specification and/or the accompanying drawings should be construed as included within the scope of the present invention. In particular, any combination of two or more of the appended claims should be equally construed as included within the scope of the present invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In any event, the present invention will become more clearly understood from the following description of preferred embodiments thereof, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments and the drawings are given only for the purpose of illustration and explanation, and are not to be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way whatsoever, which scope is to be determined by the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings, like reference numerals are used to denote like parts throughout the several views, and: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram showing a gas turbine system to which a combustor according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied; 
         FIG. 2  is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the combustor shown in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a peripheral portion of a fuel injection portion of the combustor shown in  FIG. 2  in an enlarged manner; 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view taken along a IV-IV line in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view taken along a V-V line in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a front view of the fuel injection portion of the combustor shown in  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view taken along a VII-VII line in  FIG. 6 ; and 
         FIG. 8  is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a combustor according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.  FIG. 1  shows an example of a gas turbine system to which a combustor according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied. A gas turbine system GT shown in  FIG. 1  includes: a compressor  1  configured to compress an air A; a combustor  3 ; a turbine  5 ; and a boiler  11 . The boiler  11  generates water vapor W by using an exhaust gas EG from the turbine  5  as a heat source. 
     A fuel injection device  13  is provided at a top portion (most upstream portion) of the combustor  3 . The fuel injection device  13  includes a fuel injection nozzle  15  connected with a first introduction passage  17  and a second introduction passage  19 . The first introduction passage  17  introduces fuel gas H, such as hydrogen gas, from a fuel supply (not shown) into the fuel injection nozzle  15 . The second introduction passage  19  introduces water vapor W, supplied from the boiler  11 , into the fuel injection nozzle  15 . The water vapor W is supplied in order to reduce a flame temperature in a combustion chamber  21  of the combustor  3 , thereby suppressing generation of NOx. In the present embodiment, hydrogen gas is used as the fuel gas H. However, instead thereof, other fuel—such as natural gas may be used as the fuel gas H. 
     Combustion of the compressed air A supplied from the compressor  1 , the fuel gas H supplied from the fuel injection device  13 , and the water vapor W is caused in the combustion chamber  21  to generate a high-temperature high-pressure combustion gas CG. The generated combustion gas CG is supplied to the turbine  5  to drive the turbine  5 . The turbine  5  drives the compressor  1  through a rotation shaft R, and drives a load such as a generator PU. 
     The boiler  11  which generates the water vapor W is disposed on an exhaust passage  23  extending from the turbine  5 . Waste heat recovered from the exhaust gas EG is utilized as a heat source for generating vapor in the boiler  11 . The exhaust gas EG having passed through the boiler  11  passes through a silencer (not shown), and is then discharged to the outside. The boiler  11  is supplied with a water from an external water supply (not shown). 
       FIG. 2  shows the combustor  3  according to the present embodiment. As shown in  FIG. 2 , the combustor  3  is of a single-can type, and is erected such that an axis C thereof is positioned within a vertical surface orthogonal to the rotation shaft R ( FIG. 1 ). A combustion liner  27  forming the combustion chamber  21  is disposed inside a tubular housing  25 . An air introduction passage  29 , through which the air A compressed in the compressor  1  ( FIG. 1 ) is introduced into the combustion chamber  21  of the combustor  3  and into the fuel injection device  13 , is formed on the outer periphery of the combustion liner  27 . Generally, a high-temperature air A, as high as 300° C. to 500° C. at an inlet of the combustor  3 , is supplied from the compressor  1  to the combustor  3 . A tubular wall  31 , which is concentric with the combustion liner  27 , is connected to the front side (fuel injection device  13  side) of the combustion liner  27 . A space on the outer periphery side of the tubular wall  31  forms a downstream portion of the air introduction passage  29 . 
     In the combustor  3 , the fuel injection nozzle  15  of the fuel injection device  13  includes a fuel injection portion  33  configured to inject the fuel gas H supplied from the first introduction passage  17  directly into the combustion chamber  21 . The fuel injection nozzle  15  further includes: an outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  which is provided radially outward of the fuel injection portion  33 ; and an inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  which is provided radially inward of the fuel injection portion  33 . The outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  respectively inject the water vapor W supplied from the second introduction passage  19  into the combustion chamber  21 . In the fuel injection nozzle  15 , an inner air supply chamber  39 , which supplies the air A to be mixed with the water vapor W injected from the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37 , is provided radially inward of the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37 . 
     The fuel injection nozzle  15  is a member having a generally substantially cylindrical shape. The fuel injection nozzle  15  includes: a lid portion  41  located on the most upstream side; a body portion  43  of a double cylindrical structure connected to the downstream side of the lid portion  41 ; a header portion  45  which is located on the most downstream side and is connected to the downstream side of the body portion  43 ; and a pin member  47  of a round-bar shape which is disposed at the axial position and supports the lid portion  41 , the body portion  43 , and the header portion  45 . A first introduction tube  49  forming the first introduction passage  17  is connected to the lid portion  41  (in the illustrated example, the peripheral wall of the lid portion  41 ). 
     A cylindrical partition wall  53  is disposed inward of an outer peripheral wall  51  of the body portion  43  so as to be concentric with the outer peripheral wall  51 . The space inside the partition wall  53  communicates with the inner space of the lid portion  41 , thereby forming a fuel supply passage  55 . Meanwhile, an annular space, which is formed between the partition wall  53  and the outer peripheral wall  51  and is isolated from the fuel supply passage  55 , forms a water vapor supply passage  57 . A second introduction tube  59 , which forms the second introduction passage  19  communicating with the water vapor supply passage  57 , is connected to the outer peripheral wall  51  of the body portion  43 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the header portion  45  is provided with the fuel injection portion  33 , the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35 , and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37 . The outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  has an outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  formed as a through-hole extending in the axial direction, at an outer-diameter-side portion of the header portion  45 . The outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  directly communicates with the water vapor supply passage  57 . The inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  has an inner-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  63  extending in the axial direction, at an inner-diameter-side portion of the header portion  45 . The inner-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  63  communicates with a water vapor communication passage  65  formed upstream thereof. The water vapor communication passage  65  includes: a first water vapor communication passage portion  65   a  which is a hole extending radially inward of the header portion  45  from a downstream portion of the water vapor supply passage  57 ; and a second water vapor communication passage portion  65   b  which allows therethrough a downstream end of the first water vapor communication passage portion  65   a  to communicate with an upstream end of the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  63 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , a plurality of (in the illustrated example, eighteen) outer-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  61  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the header portion  45 . A plurality of (in the illustrated example, eighteen) inner-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  63  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the header portion  45 . Further, as shown in  FIG. 5 , a plurality of (in the illustrated example, eighteen) first water vapor communication passage portions  65   a  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the header portion  45 . The second water vapor communication passage portion  65   b  is formed as an annular space. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , in the header portion  45 , a fuel communication passage  67  communicating with the fuel supply passage  55  is formed at a radial position between an outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  and an inner-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  63 . The fuel communication passage  67  is formed as a hole extending in the axial direction. A fuel header chamber  69  formed as an annular space communicates with a downstream end of the fuel communication passage  67 . The fuel header chamber  69  is formed inside a hollow peripheral wall  71 . The peripheral wall  71  has an end wall  73  that faces the combustion chamber  21  and is formed with a fuel injection hole  75  of the fuel injection portion  33 . As shown in  FIG. 4 , a plurality of (in the illustrated example, eighteen) fuel communication passages  67  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the header portion  45 . 
     In the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 6 , a plurality of (in the illustrated example, nine) fuel injection holes  75  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction while a plurality of (in the illustrated example, two) fuel injection holes  75  are provided in the radial direction. As shown in  FIG. 7 , each fuel injection hole  75  is formed so as to be inclined in the circumferential direction, in the end wall  73  of the fuel injection nozzle  15 . The terms “inclined in the circumferential direction” means “inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction, within a plane orthogonal to the radial direction of the fuel injection nozzle  15 ”. 
     The fuel injection holes  75  may be formed parallel with the axial direction. However, by inclining the fuel injection holes  75  in the circumferential direction, the fuel gas H to be injected into the combustion chamber  21  can be swirled by the simple structure, without the necessity of additionally providing a member for swirling the fuel gas H. The angle of inclination of the fuel injection holes  75  may be set as appropriate. However, the range of the angle of inclination with respect to the axial direction is preferably 20° to 70°, more preferably, 30° to 60°. In the case where the fuel injection holes  75  are inclined in the circumferential direction as described above, arranging a plurality of fuel injection holes  75  in the radial direction causes the area around the openings of the fuel injection holes  75  to be reduced, thereby preventing the fuel gas H injected in the inclined direction from being burnt on the end wall  73 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the tubular wall  31  has a plurality of air introduction openings  77  arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The air A flowing through the air introduction passage  29  flows into the inner space of the tubular wall  31  through the air introduction openings  77 . In the inner space of the tubular wall  31 , a downstream portion of the fuel injection nozzle  15 , including the header portion  45 , is disposed. With such an arrangement, the inner space of the tubular wall  31 , i.e., the space radially outward of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35 , forms an outer air supply chamber  79  which supplies the air A to be mixed with the water vapor W injected from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the fuel injection nozzle  15  of the fuel injection device  13  includes an air supply passage  81  which supplies the air A from the outer air supply chamber  79  to the inner air supply chamber  39 . Specifically, the air supply passage  81  is provided as a through-hole extending in the radial direction of the header portion  45  of the fuel injection nozzle  15 . A plurality of air introduction passages  81  are provided side by side in the axial direction, and a plurality of (in the illustrated example, eighteen) air introduction passages  81  are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     In this example, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  61 , the fuel communication passages  67 , and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  63 , which are equal in number, are disposed at the same circumferential positions in the header portion  45 , and the air supply passages  81 , which number the same as the fuel communication passages  67 , are disposed at circumferential positions between the respective fuel communication passages  67 . However, the numbers and arrangement of these are not limited to those in the illustrated example, and may be set as appropriate as long as the air supply passages  81  do not interfere with the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  61 , the fuel communication passages  67 , and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection holes  63 . 
     On the downstream side of the inner air supply chamber  39  in the header portion  45  shown in  FIG. 3 , an inner mixing promotion member  83  is provided for promoting mixing of the water vapor W supplied from the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  with the air A supplied from the inner air supply chamber  39 . In the illustrated example, a swirler (fixed swirl vane) is used as the inner mixing promotion member  83 . However, as for the inner mixing promotion member  83 , any other member such as a porous plate having many through-holes formed therein may be used. 
     The inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  is formed so as to inject the water vapor W directly to the inner mixing promotion member  83  which is a swirler. In addition, the inner mixing promotion member  83  is disposed at an axial position upstream of the end wall  73  of the header portion  45  where the fuel injection holes  75  are formed (in the illustrated example, a position corresponding to a contact portion of the fuel communication passage  67  and the fuel header chamber  69 ). Therefore, a space radially inward of the peripheral wall  71 , which forms the fuel header chamber  69 , forms a premixing passage  85  in which the air A and the water vapor W, both having passed through the inner mixing promotion member  83 , are premixed with each other. 
     As described above, since the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  and the inner air supply chamber  39  are provided in the radially inward portion of the fuel injection device  13 , the mixture of the water vapor W and the air A is injected from near the radially center portion into the combustion chamber  21 , whereby a primary combustion zone is diluted, and uniform combustion can be achieved. In addition, since the air supply passages  81  as through-holes extending in the radial direction are provided to supply the air A from the outer air supply chamber  79  to the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37 , the air A can be introduced into the inner air supply chamber  39  by a compact and simple structure. 
     Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  and the inner air supply chamber  39  are disposed adjacent to each other in the radial direction, and the water vapor W, which has been diluted by the air A, comes into contact with the fuel gas H. Therefore, the water vapor W can be prevented from condensing to be drain water even if the inner mixing promotion member  83  is omitted. However, when mixing of the water vapor W supplied from the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  with the high-temperature air A supplied from the inner air supply chamber  39  is promoted by the inner mixing promotion member  83 , the water vapor W can be more assuredly prevented from condensing to be drain water. 
     In the illustrated example, the inner mixing promotion member  83  as a swirler is provided around the bar-shaped pin member  47  provided at the axial position, whereby a swirl flow of the water vapor W and the air A can be efficiently generated around the pin member  47 . 
     The outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  is opened in the outer air supply chamber  79 . In other words, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  is opened at an axial position that is upstream of the end wall  73  of the header portion  45  where the fuel injection holes  75  are formed. An outer swirler as an outer mixing promotion member  87  is provided at a position apart in the axial direction from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61 . The water vapor W supplied from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  and the high-temperature air A supplied from the outer air supply chamber  79  are mixed through the outer mixing promotion member  87 , and the mixture is injected as a swirl flow into the combustion chamber  21 . The outer swirler as the outer mixing promotion member  87  is provided on an annular nozzle member  89  which fits to an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall  71  of the header portion  45 . 
     In the present embodiment, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  61  and the outer air supply chamber  79  are adjacent to each other in the radial direction, and the water vapor W, which has been diluted by the air A, comes into contact with the fuel gas H. Therefore, even when the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  is opened in the combustion chamber  21  and the water vapor W is injected directly into the combustion chamber  21 , the water vapor W can be prevented from condensing to be drain water. However, as in the illustrated example, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  is opened in the outer air supply chamber  79 , and the water vapor W supplied from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  and the high-temperature air A in the outer air supply chamber  79 , which have been mixed by the outer mixing promotion member  87 , are injected as a swirl flow into the combustion chamber  21 , whereby the water vapor W can be more reliably prevented from condensing to be drain water. 
     An air introduction hole  89  is formed penetrating the combustion liner  27  shown in  FIG. 2 . The air A flowing through the air introduction passage  29  is introduced into the combustion chamber  21  through the air introduction hole  89 . A plurality of air introduction holes  89  are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, at the same axial position in the combustion liner  27 . The plurality of air introduction holes  89  at the same axial position are formed in multiple stages (two stages in this example) in the axial direction. Both the two stages of air introduction holes  89  are provided at axial positions corresponding to the primary combustion zone in an upstream portion of the combustion chamber  21 . In the present embodiment, the diameter of each of air introduction holes  89 A in the upstream-side stage is formed to be larger than the diameter of each of air introduction holes  89 B in the downstream-side stage. The larger diameter of each air introduction hole  89 A in the upstream-side stage allows a large amount of air to be supplied to the upstream portion of the combustion chamber  21 , and the primary combustion zone is diluted by the air. As a result, uniform combustion is realized. 
     In the present embodiment, the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  are provided as water vapor injection portions for projecting the water vapor, and the outer air supply chamber  79  and the inner air supply chamber  39  are provided as air supply chambers corresponding to the respective water vapor injection portions  35  and  37 . However, as for the water vapor injection portion, at least one of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  and the inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  37  may be provided, and the air supply chamber corresponding to the water vapor injection portion may be provided at a radial position on the opposite side to the fuel injection portion  33  with respect to the water vapor injection portion. For example, in a combustor  3  according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in  FIG. 8 , only the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35  is provided as the water vapor injection portion, and only the outer air supply chamber  79  is provided as the air supply chamber, which is located radially outward of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35 . 
     In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 8 , the opening position, in the axial direction, of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion  35 , is the same as the opening position, in the axial direction, of the fuel injection hole  75  of the fuel injection portion  33 , so that the water vapor W is directly injected from the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61  into the combustion chamber  21 . A swirler SW, which causes the air A from the outer air supply chamber  79  to be mixed with the water vapor W in the combustion chamber  21 , is provided at the outer diameter side of the outer-diameter-side water vapor injection hole  61 . 
     Further, in the present embodiment, an annular cooling passage  91  is formed between the header portion  45  and the pin member  47  of the fuel injection nozzle  15 . A coolant supply passage  93 , which supplies cooling air from the outer air supply chamber  79  to the cooling passage  91 , is formed penetrating the header portion  45 . Part of the compressed air A taken from the outer air supply chamber  79  into the cooling passage  91  through the coolant supply passage  93  cools the surface of the pin member  47 . The air A after having cooled the pin member  47  is discharged from an air injection hole  95  to the combustion chamber  21 . 
     In the combustor  3  according to each of the aforementioned embodiments, since the water vapor injection portion  35 ,  37  and the air supply chamber  79 ,  39  are adjacent to each other in the radial direction, the water vapor W, which has been brought into contact with the high-temperature air A and diluted by the air A, can be brought into contact with the fuel gas H, thereby preventing the water vapor W from condensing to be drain water. Further, since the water vapor injection portion  35 ,  37  and the fuel injection portion  33  are adjacent to each other in the radial direction, the vapor W can be appropriately injected to a combustion reaction interface between the fuel gas H and the air A in the primary combustion zone in the combustion chamber  21 . 
     Although the present invention has been described above in connection with the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, numerous additions, changes, or deletions can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Accordingly, such additions, changes, or deletions are to be construed as included in the scope of the present invention. 
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               3  . . . Combustor 
               13  . . . Fuel injection device 
               33  . . . Fuel injection portion 
               35  . . . Outer-diameter-side water vapor injection portion (water vapor injection portion) 
               37  . . . Inner-diameter-side water vapor injection portion (water vapor injection portion) 
               39  . . . Inner air supply chamber (air supply chamber) 
               79  . . . Outer air supply chamber (air supply chamber) 
             A . . . Air 
             GT . . . Gas turbine system 
             H . . . Fuel gas 
             W . . . Water vapor