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公开(公告)号：US11313246B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-26
申请号：US15365070
申请日：2016-11-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Edward Eriksen , Ethan Patrick O'Connor
Abstract: A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning assembly having a motor configured to be mechanically coupled to the gas turbine engine. The rotor of the core turning assembly is further configured to rotate one or more components of a compressor section or a turbine section of the gas turbine engine at a rotational speed greater than two (2) revolutions per minute and less than five hundred (500) revolutions per minute during washing operations of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号：US11053813B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
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：US10731508B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-04
申请号：US15451836
申请日：2017-03-07
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor： Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Keith Anthony Lauria , Michael Edward Eriksen
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems of generating flows of detergent through a turbine engine to effectuate cleaning of components thereof. The methods include introducing a foamed, acid-including detergent with a pH range of between 2 and 7 into a gas flowpath of the turbine engine. The methods also include creating a pressure differential in an aft portion of the gas flowpath with respect to a forward portion of the gas flowpath to generate a flow of the detergent therethrough. The methods further include creating a pressure differential in a forward portion of the gas flowpath with respect to an aft portion of the gas flowpath to generate a counterflow of the detergent therethrough. The flow and counterflow of the detergent through the gas flowpath interact with components of the turbine engine having foreign material thereon to at least partially remove the foreign material therefrom.
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公开(公告)号：US20200224552A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-16
申请号：US16735191
申请日：2020-01-06
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
Inventor： Michael Robert Millhaem , Andrew Crispin Graham , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , David Scott Diwinsky , Jeremy Clyde Bailey , Michael Edward Eriksen , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni
Abstract: A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit.
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公开(公告)号：US20190203610A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-04
申请号：US15860347
申请日：2018-01-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Michael Edward Eriksen , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts
CPC classification number: F01D25/002 , F05D2230/72 , F05D2260/607
Abstract: A turbine system includes a foam generating assembly having an in situ foam generating device at least partially positioned within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine, such that the in situ foam generating device is configured to generate foam within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号：US20190153890A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-23
申请号：US16256710
申请日：2019-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Edward Eriksen , Keith Anthony Lauria , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , David Geoffrey Dauenhauer , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts
Abstract: A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a foam generating device configured for receiving and aerating a flow of wash fluid to generate a flow of foamed wash fluid having particular foam characteristics. The flow of foamed wash fluid passes through a distribution manifold where it is selectively directed through a plurality of wash lines to desired portions of the gas turbine engine. The wash system further includes a controller configured for manipulating the foam characteristics of the flow of foamed wash fluid and using the distribution manifold to selectively direct the flow of foamed wash fluid to desired portions of the gas turbine engine for optimal cleaning and improved engine efficiency.
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公开(公告)号：US10005111B2
公开(公告)日：2018-06-26
申请号：US15005096
申请日：2016-01-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Edward Eriksen , Matthew Bos , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Michael Scheper , Eric Zeltwanger
CPC classification number: B08B9/00 , B08B7/02 , B24C3/327 , F01D5/081 , F01D5/186 , F01D25/002 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2230/72 , F05D2270/11 , Y02T50/672 , Y02T50/676
Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a turbine engine are provided. The method may include inserting, directing and evacuating a cleaning agent. Inserting may include inserting the cleaning agent through a predefined access port into a cooling cavity defined by an internal wall of an assembled turbine component, while directing may include directing the cleaning agent against the internal wall to remove a foreign material therefrom. Evacuating may include evacuating the cleaning agent from the cooling cavity.
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公开(公告)号：US20170268377A1
公开(公告)日：2017-09-21
申请号：US15071254
申请日：2016-03-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Peter Andrew Flynn , Michael Edward Eriksen , Lloyd Eric Rawson
CPC classification number: F01D25/002 , B08B3/02 , B08B9/00 , B08B9/093 , B08B13/00 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/00 , F04D29/324 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2240/24 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2240/60 , Y02T50/672
Abstract: A system and method for cleaning an installed gas turbine engine is provided. The system may include a controller on an engine core, wherein the engine core defines a primary gas path and includes at least one airfoil extending into the primary gas path. The method may include initiating a cleaning program and directing a cleaning fluid toward the engine core in response to the initiation of the cleaning program. The method may further include initiating delivery of the cleaning fluid as a non-vaporized liquid within the primary gas path to the engine core.
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公开(公告)号：US20170191376A1
公开(公告)日：2017-07-06
申请号：US14987883
申请日：2016-01-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Edward Eriksen , David E. Caldwell , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR.
CPC classification number: F01D25/002 , B24C1/00 , B24C3/327 , B24C11/00 , C11D3/14 , C11D3/2075 , C11D3/38 , C11D11/0041 , C11D17/0013 , C11D17/003 , F05D2220/32
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for in-situ cleaning one or more components of a gas turbine engine using an abrasive gel detergent. More specifically, the gel detergent includes a plurality of abrasive particles suspended in a gel composition. Further, the abrasive particles include organic material. Moreover, the gel composition is formed of a mixture of detergent particles dissolved in a gel reactant. Thus, the method includes injecting the gel detergent into at least a portion of the gas turbine engine at a predetermined pressure. In addition, the method includes allowing the gel detergent to flow across or within one or more of the components of the gas turbine engine so as to clean one or more of the components.
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