Design of Online Washing Process for an Engine Based on Washing Experiments

Abstract

In order to develop online washing process of a carrier-based aircraft engine and improve washing efficiency, washing equipments were employed in cold operation state to carry out experimental study on structural strength of spray frame, selection of nozzle and determination of injection parameters of online washing spray system, determination of washing injection timing, determination of drying procedure, liquid-washing experiments of different concentrations and water-washing experiments and so on. The results show that if engine is washed in cold operation state, mid-nozzle with upward offset angel of 7°30′ can be selected and the feed liquid pressure provided by washing vehicle is 0.9Mpa. The start time is 20s after an engine cold start-up, and sustains 30s for once washing. After a liquid-washing with the use of washing fluid, the liquid concentration of which is no more than 20%, twice water-washing can be carried out to rinse the almost all cleaning agent remaining in the engine runner(the residue is less than 1%). The engine can be thoroughly dried by power-on operation, the procedure of which is engine operating 2min in ideal state, then 2min in state of n2=85% and 2min of ideal state lastly. Washing will not affect the engine function.