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A gas turbine combustor assembly has a fuel/air mixer assembly with a plurality of fuel/air mixer elements. Each fuel/air mixer element defines an air flow passage therethrough. A fuel injector is coupled to the fuel/air mixer assembly. The fuel injector has a tip portion with a plurality of fuel ou

A gas turbine combustor assembly has a fuel/air mixer assembly with a plurality of fuel/air mixer elements. Each fuel/air mixer element defines an air flow passage therethrough. A fuel injector is coupled to the fuel/air mixer assembly. The fuel injector has a tip portion with a plurality of fuel outlets arranged to direct fuel into the air flow passages of the air/fuel mixer elements. Each of the fuel/air mixer elements has at least one outlet arranged to supply fuel to the element.

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1. A gas turbine combustor assembly, comprising: a fuel/air mixer assembly comprising a plurality of fuel/air mixer elements, each fuel/air mixer element defining an air flow passage therethrough, the plurality of fuel/air mixer elements comprising a center fuel/air mixer element and multiple periph

1. A gas turbine combustor assembly, comprising: a fuel/air mixer assembly comprising a plurality of fuel/air mixer elements, each fuel/air mixer element defining an air flow passage therethrough, the plurality of fuel/air mixer elements comprising a center fuel/air mixer element and multiple peripheral fuel/air mixer elements arranged around the center fuel/air mixer element; anda fuel injector coupled to the fuel/air mixer assembly comprising a tip portion with a plurality of fuel outlets arranged to direct fuel into the air flow passages of the fuel/air mixer elements, the plurality of fuel outlets comprising a center fuel outlet and multiple peripheral fuel outlets, the center fuel outlet arranged to direct fuel into the center fuel/air mixer element and the peripheral fuel outlets arranged to direct fuel into the peripheral fuel/air mixer elements, each of the peripheral fuel/air mixer elements comprising a Venturi housing with an opening in a sidewall of the Venturi housing, and where each of the peripheral fuel outlets of the fuel injector is arranged to direct fuel through the opening in the sidewall of a respective peripheral fuel/air mixer element. 2. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, where the fuel outlets are in a sidewall of the tip portion. 3. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, where the peripheral fuel/air mixer elements are arranged around the center fuel/air mixer element, and where the fuel injector resides proximate the center fuel/air mixer element. 4. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 3, where the fuel injector resides in the center fuel/air mixer element. 5. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 3, where a center of each peripheral fuel/air mixer element is equidistant from the center fuel/air mixer element. 6. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 3, where the peripheral fuel/air mixer elements are symmetrically arranged about a first axis passing through the center fuel/air mixer element. 7. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 6, where the fuel/air mixer elements are symmetrically arranged about a second, different axis passing through the center location. 8. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein the fuel/air mixer assembly comprises a first fuel/air mixer assembly, and wherein the gas turbine combustor assembly further comprises a second fuel/air mixer assembly nested with the first fuel/air mixer assembly. 9. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, where the fuel injector comprises a first fuel inlet and a second fuel inlet, where a first subset of the fuel outlets is fluidically coupled to receive fuel from the first fuel inlet, andwhere a second subset of the fuel outlets is fluidically coupled to receive fuel from the second fuel inlet. 10. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, where all fuel outlets of the fuel injector are incorporated within the tip portion of the fuel injector.