Case Studies
Engine Cleaning Technology
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Since 1990, Engine Cleaning Technology has been at the forefront of producing environmentally safe compressor cleaners and hardware. Each installation meets the unique needs of our partners. and the results speak for themselves.
Air New Zealand Tests Powerback Compressor Cleaner With an LM5000 Engine Cleaning
Air New Zealand performs a Borescope Comparison: PowerBack vs. Competitor Cleaner on an LM5000 Air New Zealand’s field service team conducted a side-by-side borescope inspection to compare the performance of PowerBack compressor wash against a competitive cleaner,...
GE LM2500 Navy Test Data
GE LM2500 Navy Test Data R-MC Engine test conducted at North Island The US Navy tested R-MC Cleaner in a running wash on an LM 2500 engine at the North Island test cell facility. The test cell evaluation of R-MC in a running wash showed the effectiveness of ECT’s...
Frame 7EA Skid and Nozzle Upgrade
Case Study: Wash Equipment Upgrade - Case Study: Wash Equipment Upgrade - ECT was tasked to engineer a wash equipment package to upgrade the wash skid, improved control functionality and add online cleaning capability to two (2) Frame 7EA gas turbine located on the...
Power Augmentation Upgrade
ECT custom power augmentation system in Houston generates a 14% improvement in output. ECT was contracted to provide our patented Power Augmentation System on five (5) Frame 7E’s in Houston. The target was 2% of incoming air mass yielding an output improvement of...
Frame 7EA
Case study: Improved compressor wash efficiency with full system upgrade ECT was contracted to perform a full upgrade on two Frame 7EA units. The design goals were to use the existing crank wash nozzles provided by General Electric, design new online wash hardware and...
LM2500
Case Study: LM2500 Online Cleaning ECT manufactured a custom online injection ring with removable nozzles and provided R-MC engine cleaner. The end user was able to maintain compressor performance between crank washes and nearly eliminate their crank wash program...
Wash Skid Upgrade
Building delivery systems & custom skids for any environment ECT is the leading supplier of wash skids to the Power generation, Petrochemical, Offshore pipeline and Aviation markets. We design and manufacture each delivery/pump skid to your exacting engine...
Siemens 501 Fog Nozzle Retrofit
Fog Nozzle Retrofit ECT retrofit 600 fog nozzles into each of two gas turbines for an overall output gain over 7%. By changing out impingement pin nozzles and reconfiguring the nozzle grid, ECT engineered a retrofit that allowed the end user to use a fogging skid...
Frame 6 Case Study
Case Study: 4% Power Recover by Improved Cleaning Efficiency with a Crankwash Manifold Upgrade ECT performed a comparison test of gas turbine cleaning hardware on a Frame 6 that is operated under an LTSA by an OEM for a power generation Company in California. The...
Frame 7F Case Study
A sound investment in cleaning ECT performed a comparison test of gas turbine cleaning products on a Frame 7F in California that is operated by a large wholesale power generation company. The Company had been avoiding gas turbine compressor washed due to the high cost...
