Patent ID: 8479754

Claim:
A washing system for washing a gas turbine engine, said washing system being arranged on a mobile vehicle and comprising: a spray device including at least one nozzle attached to a nozzle carrying body adapted to a streamline inject liquid directly into an inlet of said engine during a washing operation; a wash unit adapted to distribute said liquid to said spray device; a positioning device adapted to move said spray device in three dimensions, thereby enabling a positioning of said spray device in a washing operation position in said three dimensions relative said engine inlet without contact between the spray device and the engine during a washing process; a control panel adapted to enable an operator to adjust the position of said spray device in three dimensions relative said engine inlet by means of said positioning device; and a liquid collecting unit separate from the spray device and not connected to the engine, comprising a collecting device adapted to collect waste wash liquid entrained in an airstream emanating from said engine substantially horizontally during a washing operation of said engine.