System and method for optimized gas turbine compressor cleaning and performance measurement
First Claim
1. A method of optimizing a wash procedure for a turbine, the method comprising:
- collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample of fouling comprises one or more contaminates;
identifying the one or more contaminates;
determining a contaminate solubility index of the one or more contaminants;
selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine, wherein the one or more washing products are identified according to the contaminate solubility index of the identified one or more contaminates; and
washing the turbine using the selected one or more washing products for a predetermined amount of time.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for optimizing a wash procedure. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system for optimizing a wash procedure. In a first embodiment, the system comprises: means for collecting a sample of fouling, the sample comprising one or more contaminates; means for identifying the one or more contaminates; and means for selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine. In an alternate embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for optimizing a wash procedure. The method comprises: collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample comprises one or more contaminates; identifying the one or more contaminates; and selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of optimizing a wash procedure for a turbine, the method comprising:
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collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample of fouling comprises one or more contaminates; identifying the one or more contaminates; determining a contaminate solubility index of the one or more contaminants; selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine, wherein the one or more washing products are identified according to the contaminate solubility index of the identified one or more contaminates; and washing the turbine using the selected one or more washing products for a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of optimizing a turbine wash procedure, the method comprising:
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collecting a sample of fouling, wherein the sample of fouling comprises one or more contaminates; identifying the one or more contaminates; selecting one or more washing products for removing the one or more contaminates from a turbine; washing the turbine using the selected one or more washing products for a predetermined amount of time; collecting a first set of data regarding one or more turbine parameters; collecting a second set of data regarding one or more ambient conditions; comparing first and second data sets collected before the turbine is washed with first and second data sets collected after the turbine is washed; formulating an optimized wash procedure; controlling a turbine washing unit using the formulated wash procedure; and developing a performance trend of the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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