General Electric Company

David Geoffrey Dauenhauer

Bernard Patrick Bewlay

Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr

Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni

Nicole Jessica Tibbetts

Byron Andrew Pritchard

Michael Edward Eriksen

Keith Anthony Lauria

Peter Andrew Flynn

Ronald Matthew DiMuro

Ronald Matthew Dimuro

One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for enhancing a maintenance operation routine. The method includes receiving, at one or more processors, engine history data. The method includes comparing, at the one or more processors, the received engine history data to expected engine history data. The method includes determining, at the one or more processors, an expected effectiveness of a plurality of maintenance operation types based on the comparison. The method includes selecting, at the one or more processors, one of the plurality of maintenance operation types based on the determinations. The method includes transmitting, at the one or more processors, a signal indicative of a notification of the selected maintenance operation type.

Maintenance operation analytics

A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a foam generating device configured for receiving and aerating a flow of wash fluid to generate a flow of foamed wash fluid having particular foam characteristics. The flow of foamed wash fluid passes through a distribution manifold where it is selectively directed through a plurality of wash lines to desired portions of the gas turbine engine. The wash system further includes a controller configured for manipulating the foam characteristics of the flow of foamed wash fluid and using the distribution manifold to selectively direct the flow of foamed wash fluid to desired portions of the gas turbine engine for optimal cleaning and improved engine efficiency.

Gas turbine engine wash system

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

David Geoffrey Dauenhauer