Manuel K Bueno

US Patent:

20180237163, Aug 23, 2018

Filed:

Mar 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/939525

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Brian Michael Ellis - Mayfield NY, US
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni - Glenville NY, US
Nicole Jessica Tibbetts - Delanson NY, US
Manuel K. Bueno - Syracuse NY, US
Ever Reyes - Pearland TX, US
Noel Leslie Bates - Duanesburg NY, US
Brian Kalb - Montgomery OH, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B64F 5/30
B08B 9/032
F01D 25/00
F01D 25/12

Abstract:

Methods and systems for in situ cleaning of internal cooling circuits of a turbine engine with detergent that provide cleaning a turbine engine that includes circumferentially arranged internal impingement cooling circuits that each include a baffle plate configured to air cool a respective surface or component of the turbine engine. Detergent is introduced through the outer wall and proximate to a back side of a baffle plate such that the detergent passes through at least aperture in the baffle plate and acts at least upon the surface or component that the baffle plate is configured to cool. The detergent may also act on the front side of the baffle plate that is proximate to the surface or component.

US Patent:

20160236799, Aug 18, 2016

Filed:

Feb 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/621465

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Ambarish Jayant KULKARNI - Glenville NY, US
Nicole Jessica TIBBETTS - Delanson NY, US
Brian Michael ELLIS - Mayfield NY, US
Manuel K. BUENO - Syracuse NY, US
Ever REYES - Pearland TX, US
Noel BATES - Duanesburg NY, US
Brian KALB - Montgomery OH, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B64F 5/00
F01D 25/00
B08B 9/032
F01D 25/12

Abstract:

Methods and systems for in situ cleaning of internal cooling circuits of a turbine engine with detergent that provide cleaning a turbine engine that includes circumferentially arranged internal impingement cooling circuits that each include a baffle plate configured to air cool a respective surface or component of the turbine engine. Detergent is introduced through the outer wall and proximate to a back side of a baffle plate such that the detergent passes through at least aperture in the baffle plate and acts at least upon the surface or component that the baffle plate is configured to cool. The detergent may also act on the front side of the baffle plate that is proximate to the surface or component.