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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Erica Elizabeth Sampson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Francis Navojosky, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Keith Anthony Lauria, Wells, NY (US);
Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Delanson, NY (US);
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Glenville, NY (US);
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Robert Millhaem, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gongguan Wang, Shanghai, CN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for cleaning deposits from a component of an assembled, on-wing gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of cleaning fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a cleaning mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the cleaning mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the cleaning mist.