PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16256710
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["134", "018000"]

Abstract:
A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a foam generating device configured for receiving and aerating a flow of wash fluid to generate a flow of foamed wash fluid having particular foam characteristics. The flow of foamed wash fluid passes through a distribution manifold where it is selectively directed through a plurality of wash lines to desired portions of the gas turbine engine. The wash system further includes a controller configured for manipulating the foam characteristics of the flow of foamed wash fluid and using the distribution manifold to selectively direct the flow of foamed wash fluid to desired portions of the gas turbine engine for optimal cleaning and improved engine efficiency.

Claim (Index 17):
A wash system for washing a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine comprising a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section, the turbine engine defining a plurality of borescope holes located within one or more of the compressor section, the combustor section, and the turbine section, the gas turbine engine further comprising one or more inlet nozzles positioned proximate an engine inlet, the wash system comprising:\n a detergent reservoir for storing wash fluid; a distribution manifold providing selective fluid communication between the detergent reservoir and a plurality of wash lines fluidly coupled to the plurality of borescope holes and the inlet nozzles; a pump configured for urging a flow of wash fluid from the detergent reservoir through the distribution manifold and at least one of the plurality of wash lines; and a controller in operative communication with the distribution manifold, the controller being configured for:\n determining one or more operating characteristics of the gas turbine engine; \n determining a set of wash cycle parameters based at least in part on the one or more operating characteristics of the gas turbine engine; and \n selectively providing the flow of wash fluid to the distribution manifold and through the plurality of wash lines according to the determined set of wash cycle parameters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15472456', '15152082', '14096528', '14074039', '11644784']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8517466171012171
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6110380601158404
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8276757614026795
- Mean Citation Score: 281.400144
- Max Citation Score: 476.59906
- Similarity Product: 472.91312776707656

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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