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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:US20220243614A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-04
申请号:US17682693
申请日:2022-02-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Andrew James Jenkins , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Evan Jarrett Dolley , John Watt , Christopher Perrett , Vincent Gerard Lauria
Abstract: System for selectively contacting a cleaning composition with a surface of a turbine engine component is presented. The system includes a cleaning apparatus and a manifold assembly. The cleaning apparatus includes an upper portion and a lower portion defining a cleaning chamber configured to allow selective contact between the cleaning composition and a surface of the first portion of the turbine engine component. The upper portion includes a plurality of fill holes in fluid communication with the cleaning chamber, and the lower portion includes a plurality of drain holes in fluid communication with the cleaning chamber. The manifold assembly is configured to selectively circulate the cleaning composition from a reservoir to the cleaning chamber via the plurality of fill holes, and recirculate the cleaning composition from the cleaning chamber to the reservoir via the plurality of drain holes. Methods for selectively cleaning a turbine engine component is also presented.
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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:US10995624B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US15199084
申请日:2016-08-01
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Patrick James McCluskey , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Krzysztof Jacek Lesnicki , Byron Andrew Pritchard , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts
IPC: F01D5/28 , F04D29/02 , F04D29/32 , F04D29/54 , C23C14/10 , C23C14/06 , C23C14/08 , C23C14/30 , C23C14/22
Abstract: An article includes a substrate that is substantially opaque to visible light and a coating disposed on the substrate. The coating includes a coating material having an inherent index of refraction, wherein the coating has an effective index of refraction that is less than the inherent index of refraction, and wherein the effective index of refraction is less than 1.8.
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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:US20180245477A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-30
申请号:US15443048
申请日:2017-02-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Michael Edward Eriksen , Eric John Telfeyan
Abstract: A method for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine is presented. The method includes introducing a working fluid into a gas flow path or a cooling circuit defined by the one or more components of the gas turbine engine such that the working fluid impinges upon a surface of the one or more components of the gas turbine engine, wherein the working fluid includes a plurality of detergent droplets entrained in a flow of steam. A system for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine are also presented.
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公开(公告)号:US20170209904A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
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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