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Modern advanced engines are expected to operate with higher combustor temperature rise and lower emissions. These development trends result in more combustor design difficulties. High temperature rise requires more air for complete combustion, hence reducing the amount of cooling air. Emissions consist of CO₂, UHC, NOx, smoke and water vapor. CO₂ is an unavoidable emission of combustion reaction, whereas emissions of NOx mainly depend on temperature. A lean primary zone design is required to achieve low NOx emission. Reverse flow combustors have more difficulties because of the presence of turn section which does not exist in other combustor configurations. There are many studies in public domain which talk about design of combustors. But none of them gives detailed guide on designing reverse flow combustor. The objective of this paper is to provide a reverse flow combustor design procedure, with emissions and performance analysis.