Patent ID: 7168949

Claim:
A combustor assembly for receiving an oxidant supply from an oxidant supplier comprising: a combustor vessel having an outer wall, a proximate end defining an opening and a closed distal end opposite said proximate end; said combustor vessel outer wall being continuous from a point at least midway between said opening and said closed distal end to said distal end defining a combustor chamber; a sleeve encircling the outer wall of said combustor vessel; said sleeve being offset from said wall of said combustor vessel defining an oxidant supply channel for directing an oxidant supply received from the compressor along the outer wall of said combustor vessel; an oxidant supply port in fluid communication with said oxidant supply channel for directing an oxidant supply into said combustor vessel from the region of said proximate end towards said closed distal end; a manifold carried by the proximate end of said combustor vessel, said manifold having an annular configuration defining a combustion products exit, said combustion products exit being axially aligned with a portion of said closed distal end; a plurality of combustible reactant ports carried by said manifold for directing combustible reactants into said combustion vessel from the region of said proximate end towards said closed distal end; said combustible reactant ports include at least an oxidant port and a fuel port; and at least one oxidant port is intermediary said fuel port and said combustion products exit shielding fuel from said fuel port from combustion products exiting said combustion chamber via said combustion products exit.