Turbine component cleaning system and method having detergent recovery and regeneration

A method of cleaning a turbine engine with a foam generated from a liquid detergent, the method comprising:

• contacting an internal passageway of the turbine engine with the foam generated by a foam generator to remove contaminants from the turbine engine, thereby generating an effluent having the contaminants;
• removing the effluent from the turbine engine using an inlet of an effluent capture and detergent regeneration sub-system;
• forming a liquid mixture from the effluent using one or more processing components of the effluent capture and detergent regeneration sub-system such that the liquid mixture comprises the contaminants;
• and
• treating the liquid mixture with the one or more processing components to remove the contaminants, and to generate the liquid detergent.

A cleaning cart housing components utilized during a cleaning cycle of a turbine engine with a foam generated from a liquid detergent, the components configured to regenerate the liquid detergent from an effluent output of the cleaning cycle, wherein the cleaning cart comprises:

• a foam generator configured to aerate the liquid detergent to generate the foam;
• and
• an effluent capture and detergent regeneration sub-system having one or more processing components configured to receive the effluent output, to treat the effluent output to generate the liquid detergent, and to deliver the liquid detergent to a liquid detergent storage tank in fluid communication with the foam generator,
• wherein the components comprise a chemical converter configured to add a surfactant to a liquid mixture from the effluent output to regenerate the liquid detergent.