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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Frederick Lockyer, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/00 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/002 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for washing a gas turbine engine. The method for washing the gas turbine engine includes coupling a pressurized air supply assembly to an air supply and to a secondary air system, cranking a compressor rotor assembly of the gas turbine engine, supplying pressurized offline buffer air from the air supply to the pressurized air supply assembly, and spraying a cleaner into the compressor.