- Patent Title: Gas turbine offline compressor wash with buffer air from combustor
-
Application No.: US13756342Application Date: 2013-01-31
-
Publication No.: US09631512B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: John Frederick Lockyer
- Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/00
- IPC: F01D25/00 ; F02C6/08
Abstract:
A system and method for washing a gas turbine engine. The method for washing the gas turbine engine includes coupling a pressurized air supply assembly to an air supply and to a secondary air system, cranking a compressor rotor assembly of the gas turbine engine, supplying pressurized offline buffer air from the air supply to the pressurized air supply assembly, and spraying a cleaner into the compressor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140209124A1 GAS TURBINE OFFLINE COMPRESSOR WASH WITH BUFFER AIR FROM COMBUSTOR Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
Information query
