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System and method for optimized gas turbine compressor cleaning and performance measurement

  • US 8,685,176 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2007
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of optimizing a wash procedure for a combustion turbine engine, the engine having an engine inlet and an engine outlet, the system comprising:

  • means for collecting a sample of fouling contained in at least one of a water wash and water rinse sample, that has exited the engine outlet as a result of the washing procedure, wherein the sample of fouling comprises 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, wherein the one or more washing products are selected according to a contaminate solubility index of the identified one or more contaminates.

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