Engine wash apparatus and method-collector
AssigneeEcoServices, LLC
InventorsKurt Dorshimer, Robert M. Rice, Sebastian Nordlund, Wayne Zadrick
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Abstract
A collector for collecting wash liquid from an engine washing operation including an inlet duct to receive wash liquid from the wash operation; a plurality of droplet separators to retain the wash liquid within the collector while allowing air to flow out of the collector; a base to receive the wash liquid; an outlet connected to the base to discharge wash liquid from the collector; and a plurality of wheels connected to the base for moving the collector.
Claims19
An engine wash system comprising:
- a collector for collecting wash liquid from an engine washing operation, the collector comprising:
- an inlet duct to receive wash liquid from the wash operation;
- a plurality of droplet separators to retain the wash liquid within the collector while allowing air to flow out of the collector;
- a base to receive the wash liquid, the base has a bottom with a substantially a cone-shaped contour to direct the flow toward the plurality of droplet separators;
- an outlet connected to the base to discharge wash liquid from the collector;
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- a plurality of wheels connected to the base for moving the collector.
A collector for collecting wash fluid from a lift fan during a cleaning operation, the collector comprising:
- an inlet duct shaped and sized to receive wash mist exiting a lift fan;
- one or more droplet separators to separate wash fluid from air in the wash mist;
- a contoured base to receive the wash mist, to direct mist flow toward the one or more droplet separators by changing a direction of the mist flow with a substantially a cone-shaped contour, and to hold the separated wash fluid;
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- an outlet on the base to discharge the wash liquid from the collector.
A method of collecting wash liquid from an engine washing operation, the method comprising:
- placing a collector directly below a lift fan, wherein the collector includes an inlet duct shaped and sized to receive wash mist exiting the lift fan, one or more droplet separators to separate wash fluid from air in the wash mist, a contoured base to receive the wash mist and direct mist flow toward the one or more droplet separators by changing a direction of the mist flow with a substantially a cone-shaped contour and to hold the separated wash fluid, and an outlet on the base to discharge the wash liquid from the collector;
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- collecting wash effluent in the collector from the lift fan by separating the wash effluent from the mist exiting the lift fan with the droplet separators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.