Patent ID: 9631511
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60S,B64F,F01D

Claim:
1. An engine wash system with a manifold for delivering wash liquid to an engine with an inlet, case, compressor and inlet particle separator, the manifold comprising: an internal engine contour segment shaped to correspond with at least a portion of the engine case at the inlet to stabilize the manifold in a radial direction; a wash delivery segment connected to the internal engine contour segment, the wash delivery segment comprising a pipe shaped to follow the engine case curvature in an axial direction with a first end portion to hook around an outside of the engine case at the inlet and a second end portion to sit inside the engine case; an inlet on the wash delivery segment to receive wash fluid; a nozzle on the second end portion of the wash delivery segment directed to spray into a compressor inlet of the engine when the first end is hooked around the outside of the engine; and a guide extending from the pipe and shaped to align the manifold with respect to the engine so that the nozzle sprays into the engine aft of the inlet particle separator.