In a gas
turbine combustor, mixing of a fuel and air is accelerated in a
mixing chamber of a burner as well as in air introduction passages provided in a wall of the
mixing chamber, whereby
NOx emissions from premixed
combustion are reduced while at the same time, ignition characteristics and
flame propagation characteristics improve.The gas
turbine combustor includes a plurality of combustors 10, a
spark plug 13, and a cross-fire tube 15 that propagates a
flame between the combustors 10. Each
combustor 10 includes the burner 30 equipped with a fuel
nozzle and the
mixing chamber wall 32 forming the mixing chamber 31. A plurality of air introduction holes 35, 36 for introducing
combustion air, along with the fuel from the fuel
nozzle, into the mixing chamber 31, are provided in the mixing chamber wall 32. The
combustion air and fuel jetted from the air introduction hole 35 into the mixing chamber 31 are mixed in the form of a mixture “m1”, “m2” and directed towards the
spark plug 13 and the cross-fire tube 15.