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公开(公告)号:US11555413B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-17
申请号:US17220112
申请日:2021-04-01
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor: Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Keith Anthony Lauria , Erica Elizabeth Sampson , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Michael Robert Millhaem , William Francis Navojosky , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Gongguan Wang , Andrew Crispin Graham
Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a component of an installed and assembled gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of treating fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a treating mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the treating mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the treating mist.
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公开(公告)号:US11371425B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US17027754
申请日:2020-09-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Erica Elizabeth Sampson , William Francis Navojosky , Keith Anthony Lauria , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Michael Robert Millhaem , Gongguan Wang
Abstract: Systems and methods for cleaning deposits from a component of an assembled, on-wing gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of cleaning fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a cleaning mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the cleaning mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the cleaning mist.
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公开(公告)号:US11028727B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-08
申请号:US15727269
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Keith Anthony Lauria , Michael Edward Eriksen , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Shantanu M. Sane
IPC: F01D25/00 , B01F5/04 , B01F3/04 , B29C64/10 , B05B7/00 , B08B3/00 , F02C7/30 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A turbine engine cleaning system includes a foaming nozzle. The foaming nozzle includes a wall having a thickness between an outer surface of the wall and an inner surface of the wall. The outer surface of the wall is configured to contact a detergent in which the foaming nozzle is configured to be disposed. The inner surface of the wall surrounds an inner plenum of the foaming nozzle, and the inner plenum is configured to receive an aerating gas. The foaming nozzle also includes a first row of first through holes fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a first row of first through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a first row of first through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes a second row of second through holes disposed axially adjacent to the first row of second through holes with respect to a longitudinal axis of the inner plenum, where the second row of second through holes is fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a second row of second through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a second row of second through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes cross-sections of the first through holes and the second through holes having regular shapes.
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公开(公告)号:US20190107005A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-11
申请号:US15727269
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Keith Anthony Lauria , Michael Edward Eriksen , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Shantanu M. Sane
Abstract: A turbine engine cleaning system includes a foaming nozzle. The foaming nozzle includes a wall having a thickness between an outer surface of the wall and an inner surface of the wall. The outer surface of the wall is configured to contact a detergent in which the foaming nozzle is configured to be disposed. The inner surface of the wall surrounds an inner plenum of the foaming nozzle, and the inner plenum is configured to receive an aerating gas. The foaming nozzle also includes a first row of first through holes fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a first row of first through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a first row of first through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes a second row of second through holes disposed axially adjacent to the first row of second through holes with respect to a longitudinal axis of the inner plenum, where the second row of second through holes is fluidly coupled to, and extending between, a second row of second through hole inlets at the inner surface of the wall and a second row of second through hole outlets at the outer surface of the wall. The foaming nozzle also includes cross-sections of the first through holes and the second through holes having regular shapes.
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公开(公告)号:US20180298781A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-18
申请号:US15490642
申请日:2017-04-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Rob Ray Anthony , Brian William Pfeiffer , Michael Edward Eriksen , Keith Anthony Lauria , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni
Abstract: A turbine engine cleaning system includes a foam generator configured to generate foam, from a liquid detergent, to clean a turbine engine. The turbine engine cleaning system also includes an effluent capture and detergent regeneration sub-system having an inlet configured to receive an effluent from the turbine engine, processing components configured to process the effluent to regenerate a liquid detergent, and an outlet fluidly coupled with the foam generator to enable transport of the liquid detergent from the effluent capture and detergent regeneration sub-system to the foam generator.
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公开(公告)号:US20140093658A1
公开(公告)日:2014-04-03
申请号:US13630874
申请日:2012-09-28
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Qi Zhao , Robert John Zabala , Laurent Cretegny , Jeffrey Jon Schoonover , Mark Kevin Meyer , Keith Anthony Lauria , William R. Catlin
IPC: B05D3/06
CPC classification number: B05D3/06 , B22D19/10 , B22D39/06 , B23K3/06 , B23K3/0607 , B23K3/0638 , B23K2101/001 , B23P6/007
Abstract: A method is provided for joining a filler material to a substrate material. The method includes melting the filler material within a melting chamber of a crucible such that the filler material is molten, holding the filler material within the melting chamber of the crucible by electromagnetically levitating the filler material within the melting chamber, and releasing the filler material from the melting chamber of the crucible to deliver the filler material to a target site of the substrate material.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于将填充材料接合到基底材料的方法。 该方法包括在坩埚的熔化室内熔化填充材料,使得填充材料熔化,通过电熔悬浮熔化室内的填充材料将填料材料保持在坩埚的熔化室中,并将填料从 坩埚的熔化室,以将填料材料输送到基材材料的目标部位。
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公开(公告)号:US20140093657A1
公开(公告)日:2014-04-03
申请号:US13631162
申请日:2012-09-28
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Qi Zhao , Robert John Zabala , Laurent Cretegny , Jeffrey Jon Schoonover , Mark Kevin Meyer , Keith Anthony Lauria , William R. Catlin
CPC classification number: B05D1/26 , B05C5/001 , B22D19/10 , B23K3/0638
Abstract: A method is provided for joining a filler material to a substrate material. The method includes melting the filler material within a melting chamber of a crucible such that the filler material is molten. The crucible has an outlet fluidly connected to the melting chamber. The method also includes holding the filler material within the melting chamber of the crucible by applying a first pressure differential across the outlet of the crucible, and releasing the filler material from the melting chamber of the crucible by applying a second pressure differential across the outlet of the crucible to deliver the filler material to a target site of the substrate material. The second pressure differential has a different value than the first pressure differential.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于将填充材料接合到基底材料的方法。 该方法包括在坩埚的熔化室内熔化填料,使填料材料熔化。 坩埚具有流体连接到熔化室的出口。 该方法还包括通过在坩埚的出口处施加第一压力差来将填料材料保持在坩埚的熔化室内,并且通过在坩埚的出口处施加第二压差来从坩埚的熔化室释放填充材料 坩埚将填充材料输送到基材材料的靶位置。 第二压力差具有与第一压差不同的值。
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