General Electric Company

Carlo Angelo Yon

Robert Joseph Iasillo

Matthew John McKeever

Manuel Kenneth Bueno

Sanjeev Shyam Heda

Steven William Backman

Scott Alan Wood

Christopher Warren Childs

Gregory Douglas Troutman

Daniel Thomas Harvell

A device and method for cleaning a surface using dry steam is disclosed. A dry steam wand is fitted with a custom nozzle that permits the dry steam to be angled to clean difficult to access surfaces of a gas turbine. The nozzle includes a slit that is configured to maintain sufficient temperature and pressure to effectively remove contaminants found on gas turbines.

Dry steam cleaning a surface

A system for remote detection of surge in a fleet of turbine engines includes an on-site monitoring device coupled to each turbine engine of the fleet of turbine engines. The on-site monitoring device is configured to continuously receive operating parameter measurements indicative of operational and thermodynamic conditions of the turbine engine. The operational condition includes a compressor exit condition of the turbine engine compressor. The on-site monitoring device is configured to compile and transmit a snapshot of the operating parameter measurements to a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit is positioned remote from each turbine engine of the fleet of turbine engines. The remote monitoring unit is configured to receive the snapshot of operating parameter measurements from the on-site monitoring device. The remote monitoring unit is further configured to detect surge in the turbine engine based on analysis of the snapshot of operating parameter measurements.

Method and systems for detection of compressor surge

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Carlo Angelo Yon