analytical model for the design of tubular gas turbine combustors is developed by combining the desirable portions of several models from the literature. A literature survey covering the three major theories of combustor analysis, turbulent flame speed, microvolume burning, and stirred reactors is briefly summarized. Based on the results of the literature survey a combustor model composed of stirred reactors is proposed. A kinetic formulation for the combustion of propane in a single-staged stirred reactor is developed, and limited results are presented.