Patent ID: 7891191

Claim:
A combustor comprising: a liquid fuel nozzle for injecting liquid fuel to a combustion chamber, including an outlet through which the liquid fuel is injected from said liquid fuel nozzle toward said combustion chamber, wherein a space is formed around the liquid fuel nozzle outlet and upstream of a distal end of the liquid fuel nozzle outlet in a direction in which the liquid fuel is injected therefrom, and an air supply nozzle disposed around said liquid fuel nozzle and injecting air, wherein said air supply nozzle is further disposed to inject air into said space along a plane that crosses an axis of said liquid fuel nozzle, the liquid fuel nozzle outlet is disposed to inject the fuel into the space such that the injected fuel mixes with the injected air in the space, and the air supply nozzle is further disposed to inject the air into the space upstream of the distal end of the liquid fuel nozzle outlet.