Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compressor bellmouth with a wash door
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Application No.: US13670520Application Date: 2012-11-07
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Publication No.: US09670796B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Alston Ilford Scipio , Sanji Ekanayake
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/00
- IPC: F01D25/00 ; B08B3/02 ; B05B7/08

Abstract:
The present application thus provides a compressor wash system for use about a bellmouth of a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The compressor wash system may include a bellmouth wash nozzle positioned about the bellmouth of the compressor and a wash door assembly positioned about a lower half of the bellmouth such that the wash door assembly may be closed when the bellmouth wash nozzle is activated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140126998A1 Compressor Bellmouth with a Wash Door Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
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