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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael John Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Atul Kumar Vij, Karnataka, IN;
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael John Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Atul Kumar Vij, Karnataka, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for removing hot gas deposits from a system via pressure pulses is provided. The method includes regulating a flow of a mixture of detonation fluid and oxidizer into an expansion chamber; and generating a detonation within the expansion chamber by igniting the mixture of detonation fluid and oxidizer in the expansion chamber producing a high-pressure wave, the high-pressure wave propagating along a fluid path of the system in a supersonic rate removing hot gas deposits in the fluid path while the system is in fired operation, the expansion chamber directing the high-pressure wave towards the fluid path of the system.