Patent ID: 8443583

Claim:
A combustor, comprising: a first fuel nozzle for spraying fuel to create a mixture of fuel and oxidizer for combustion; a rotor having two ends and defining a plurality of enclosed channels, each said channel being adapted and configured to support combustion therein and having a first port at the first end of said rotor and a second port at the second end of said rotor, said rotor being rotatable about an axis; a first stator proximate to the first end of said rotor, said first stator including at least one inlet adapted and configured to provide flow of the mixture into the first port of a corresponding said channel as said first port rotates into flow communication with said inlet; a second stator proximate to the second end of said rotor, said first stator including at least one outlet adapted and configured to receive flow of combusted mixture from a second port of a corresponding said channel as said second port rotates into flow communication with said outlet; and a second fuel nozzle for introducing fuel into at least one said channel intermediate of the first port and the second port.