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US 2026/0160182 A1Published application
In Situ Foam Generation Within a Turbine Engine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAmbarish Jayant KULKARNI, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, JR., Bernard Patrick BEWLAY, Michael Edward ERIKSEN, Nicole Jessica TIBBETTS
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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.
Claims14
A foam generating assembly for a turbine system, comprising:
- an aerating gas hose extending through a port of a turbine engine of the turbine system;
- a water-based liquid detergent hose extending through the port of the turbine engine of the turbine system;
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- an in situ foam generating device having a maximum width sized to pass through a minimum width of a port of the turbine engine, wherein the in situ foam generating device is coupled to an the aerating gas hose extending through the port of the turbine engine and the water-based foaming liquid detergent hose extending through the port of the turbine engine, and wherein the in situ foam generating device comprises:
- an inner fluid path and an outer fluid path at least partially surrounding the inner fluid path, wherein the inner fluid path is configured to receive one of a water-based foaming liquid detergent from the water-based foaming liquid detergent hose or an aerating gas from the aerating gas hose, and wherein the outer fluid path is configured to receive the other of the water-based foaming liquid detergent from the water-based foaming liquid detergent hose or the aerating gas from the aerating gas hose, respectively.
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