Turboengine water wash system
AssigneeEcoServices, LLC
InventorsHubert E. Sales, Jr., Peter Asplund
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Abstract
A system for cleaning gas turbine engines is described. More specifically, methods and apparatuses for cleaning stationary gas turbines and on-wing turbofan engines found on aircraft are disclosed that includes a trailer-mounted, automated low-pressure water delivery system, additive and detergent injection system, nozzle and manifold technology, and active waste water effluent collector system. The system will deliver the liquid cleaning medium at a specific pressure, temperature, and flow rate to optimize the atomization that occurs at the nozzles.
Claims16
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A method of cleaning a gas turbine engine, the method comprising:
- pressurizing a wash fluid;
- incorporating additives and/or detergents into the wash fluid by injection of additives and/or detergents into the wash fluid;
- delivering wash fluid into the gas turbine engine at a low pressure, finely divided spray at about 200 psi to about 725 psi and a delivery rate of about 1 gallon per minute to about 50 gallons per minute to clean the gas turbine engine;
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- dispersing the low pressure, finely divided spray in multiple, different spray patterns.
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