US 8,273,184 B2 · System and method for optimized gas turbine compressor cleaning and performance measurement

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for optimizing a wash procedure. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system for optimizing a wash procedure. In a first embodiment, the system comprises: means for collecting a sample of fouling, the sample comprising one or more contaminates; means for identifying the one or more contaminates; and means for selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine. In an alternate embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for optimizing a wash procedure. The method comprises: collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample comprises one or more contaminates; identifying the one or more contaminates; and selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine.

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Dependent claims

A method of optimizing a wash procedure for a turbine, the method comprising:

collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample of fouling comprises one or more contaminates;
identifying the one or more contaminates;
determining a contaminate solubility index of the one or more contaminants;
selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine, wherein the one or more washing products are identified according to the contaminate solubility index of the identified one or more contaminates;
and
washing the turbine using the selected one or more washing products for a predetermined amount of time.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/687,594Filed 14 Jan 2010 · division

Priority

16 Oct 2006

Published

US 2010/0116292 A113 May 2010

Granted

25 Sep 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B08B 3/00
Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
B08B 3/02
Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam: cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
B08B 9/00
Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto
F01D 25/002
Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups: cleaning of turbomachines

Family

Application60/852,041Us provisional application · filed 16 Oct 2006

Application11/866,530Parent of this division · filed 3 Oct 2007

US 2010/0116292 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 May 2010

US 2008/0173330 A1Published application

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System and method for optimized gas turbine compressor cleaning and performance measurement

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System and method for optimized gas turbine compressor cleaning and performance measurement

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Abstract

Claims24