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US 2015/0083169 A1Published application
System for washing an aero gas turbine engine
AssigneeEcoServices, LLC
InventorCarl-Johan Hjerpe
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Abstract
A wash system includes a wash unit associated with a mobile unit for providing wash fluid, one or more nozzles for streamline injecting wash fluid provided by the wash unit directly into an engine inlet, and an articulating arm for use in positioning the one or more nozzles. The wash unit is physically spaced from a surface of the engine inlet cowling during a washing process. The articulating arm is operable via one of a hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, or mechanically hand-driven operating means.
Claims20
A washing system for washing a gas turbine engine, said washing system comprising:
- a spray device including at least one nozzle attached to a nozzle carrying body adapted to streamline inject wash fluid directly into an inlet of said engine during a washing operation;
- a wash unit adapted to distribute said wash fluid to said spray device;
- a positioning device configured to hold said spray device in a washing operation position adjacent to said engine inlet;
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- a fluid collecting unit separate from said spray device, comprising a collecting device adapted to collect waste wash fluid entrained in an airstream emanating from said engine substantially horizontally during a washing operation of said engine.
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A wash system comprising:
- a mobile unit;
- a wash unit associated with the mobile unit for providing wash fluid, wherein the wash unit is physically spaced from a surface of the engine inlet cowling during a washing process;
- one or more nozzles for streamline injecting wash fluid provided by the wash unit directly into an engine inlet;
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- an articulating arm for use in positioning the one or more nozzles, wherein the articulating arm is operable via one of a hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, or mechanically hand-driven operating means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.