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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Edward Eriksen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Hamilton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/00 (2006.01); F01D 25/34 (2006.01); F01D 25/36 (2006.01); F01D 15/06 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); B08B 9/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/002 (2013.01); B08B 3/003 (2013.01); B08B 9/00 (2013.01); F01D 15/06 (2013.01); F01D 25/34 (2013.01); F01D 25/36 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F04D 29/705 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning assembly having a motor configured to be mechanically coupled to the gas turbine engine. The rotor of the core turning assembly is further configured to rotate one or more components of a compressor section or a turbine section of the gas turbine engine at a rotational speed greater than two (2) revolutions per minute and less than five hundred (500) revolutions per minute during washing operations of the gas turbine engine.