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公开(公告)号:US10830093B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-10
申请号:US15620935
申请日:2017-06-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Andrew James Jenkins , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Evan Jarrett Dolley , John Watt , Christopher Perrett , Vincent Gerard Lauria
IPC: F01D25/00 , F04D29/70 , B08B3/08 , B08B3/14 , B08B3/04 , F04D29/32 , F04D29/08 , F04D29/52 , F01D5/02 , F01D5/12 , F01D11/00 , F01D25/24
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:US20180237163A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15939525
申请日:2018-03-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Brian Michael Ellis , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Manuel K. Bueno , Ever Reyes , Noel Leslie Bates , Brian Kalb
CPC classification number: B64F5/30 , B08B9/032 , F01D25/002 , F01D25/12 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2260/221
Abstract: Methods and systems for in situ cleaning of internal cooling circuits of a turbine engine with detergent that provide cleaning a turbine engine that includes circumferentially arranged internal impingement cooling circuits that each include a baffle plate configured to air cool a respective surface or component of the turbine engine. Detergent is introduced through the outer wall and proximate to a back side of a baffle plate such that the detergent passes through at least aperture in the baffle plate and acts at least upon the surface or component that the baffle plate is configured to cool. The detergent may also act on the front side of the baffle plate that is proximate to the surface or component.
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公开(公告)号:US20170254217A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15057168
申请日:2016-03-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: F01D25/002 , B08B3/04 , B08B7/02 , B08B9/00 , B24C3/327 , C11D7/02 , C11D17/06 , F05D2220/32
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for in-situ (e.g. on-wing) cleaning one or more components of a gas turbine engine. The method includes injecting a dry detergent into the gas turbine engine. Further, the dry detergent contains a plurality of detergent particles having varying particle sizes. More specifically, the plurality of detergent particles includes a first set of particles having a median particle diameter within a first micron range and a second set of particles having a median particle diameter within a second micron range. Further, a median of the second micron range is larger than a median of the first micron range. In addition, the method includes circulating the dry detergent through at least a portion of the gas turbine engine so as to clean the one or more components thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US12203380B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US18204669
申请日:2023-06-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Michael Edward Eriksen , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts
IPC: F01D25/00 , B01F23/235 , B01F25/31 , B01F25/312 , B01F25/313 , B01F25/314 , B01F101/00
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:US12187986B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18383705
申请日:2023-10-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Evan J. Dolley , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Denise Anne Anderson , Nathan David McLean , Eric John Telfeyan , Frank Wagenbaugh
IPC: C11D3/20 , B08B3/08 , C11D1/72 , C11D1/83 , C11D1/88 , C11D1/94 , C11D3/30 , C11D3/34 , C23G1/02 , C23G1/06 , C23G1/08 , F01D25/00
Abstract: A cleaning solution for a turbine engine includes water; a first organic acidic component that comprises citric acid; a second organic acidic component that comprises glycolic acid; isopropylamine sulphonate; alcohol ethoxylate; triethanol amine; and sodium lauriminodipropionate. The cleaning solution has a pH value between about 2.5 and about 7.0.
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公开(公告)号:US20240076998A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18204669
申请日:2023-06-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Byron Andrew Pritchard , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Michael Edward Eriksen , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts
IPC: F01D25/00 , B01F23/235 , B01F25/31 , B01F25/312 , B01F25/313 , B01F25/314
CPC classification number: F01D25/002 , B01F23/235 , B01F25/3111 , B01F25/31243 , B01F25/31331 , B01F25/3143 , B01F2101/4505 , 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: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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