GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH WATER FUEL EMULSION AND METHOD

A gas turbine engine (12) includes a first combustor (38) having a first fuel nozzle (58), wherein the first fuel nozzle (58) is configured to supply a water fuel emulsion into the first combustor (38). The water fuel emulsion includes a water-in-fuel (WIF) emulsion (424) having a plurality of water droplets (426) dispersed in a fuel, wherein the plurality of water droplets (426) is configured to vaporize within the fuel to cause micro-explosions to atomize the fuel, and the atomized fuel is configured to combust to generate a combustion gas (96). The gas turbine engine (12) further includes a turbine driven by the combustion gas (96) from the first combustor (38).