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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Delanson, NY (US);
Andrew James Jenkins, Hengoed, GB;
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Evan Jarrett Dolley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Watt, Caerphilly Cardiff, GB;
Christopher Perrett, Pontypridd, GB;
Vincent Gerard Lauria, Wells, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
System for selectively contacting a cleaning composition with a surface of a turbine engine component is presented. The system includes a cleaning apparatus and a manifold assembly. The cleaning apparatus includes an upper portion and a lower portion defining a cleaning chamber configured to allow selective contact between the cleaning composition and a surface of the first portion of the turbine engine component. The upper portion includes a plurality of fill holes in fluid communication with the cleaning chamber, and the lower portion includes a plurality of drain holes in fluid communication with the cleaning chamber. The manifold assembly is configured to selectively circulate the cleaning composition from a reservoir to the cleaning chamber via the plurality of fill holes, and recirculate the cleaning composition from the cleaning chamber to the reservoir via the plurality of drain holes. Methods for selectively cleaning a turbine engine component is also presented.