System and method for cleaning cooling passages of a combustion chamber

    公开(公告)号:US10519868B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15431907

    申请日:2017-02-14

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cleaning one or more cooling passages associated with a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a compressor section upstream from the combustion chamber. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a pressurized fluid from a source; directing the pressurized fluid through an inlet of a chamber such that a portion of a plurality of particles within the chamber is entrained within the pressurized fluid; and injecting the pressurized fluid with the entrained portion of the plurality of particles downstream from the compressor section through an end wall of a diffuser and deswirl system of the gas turbine engine or through a plenum upstream from the combustion chamber to clean the one or more cooling passages associated with the combustion chamber.

    Method of forming an abrasive nickel-based alloy on a turbine blade tip

    公开(公告)号:US10933469B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16126222

    申请日:2018-09-10

    Abstract: A method of forming an abrasive nickel-based alloy on a turbine blade tip includes producing or obtaining a metal powder that is mixed with a carbon powder to form a carbon-enriched metal powder. The metal powder includes a refractory element. The method further includes bonding the carbon-enriched metal powder to the turbine blade tip. The step of bonding includes raising the temperature of the carbon-enriched metal powder past its melting point, thereby causing the carbon to combine with the refractory elements to form abrasive carbide particles.

    METHOD OF FORMING AN ABRASIVE NICKEL-BASED ALLOY ON A TURBINE BLADE TIP

    公开(公告)号:US20200078867A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16126222

    申请日:2018-09-10

    Abstract: A method of forming an abrasive nickel-based alloy on a turbine blade tip includes producing or obtaining a metal powder that is mixed with a carbon powder to form a carbon-enriched metal powder. The metal powder includes a refractory element. The method further includes bonding the carbon-enriched metal powder to the turbine blade tip. The step of bonding includes raising the temperature of the carbon-enriched metal powder past its melting point, thereby causing the carbon to combine with the refractory elements to form abrasive carbide particles.

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