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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Delanson, NY (US);
Michael Edward Eriksen, Milford, OH (US);
Eric John Telfeyan, Delanson, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine is presented. The method includes introducing a working fluid into a gas flow path or a cooling circuit defined by the one or more components of the gas turbine engine such that the working fluid impinges upon a surface of the one or more components of the gas turbine engine, wherein the working fluid includes a plurality of detergent droplets entrained in a flow of steam. A system for cleaning components of a gas turbine engine are also presented.