Method for removing solid particulate material from within liquid fuel injector assemblies
A method is described for removing residual solid particulate material from the interior of liquid fuel injectors and other fluid flow control mechanisms having or being operatively associated with a flow-regulating fixed or variable orifice. The method comprises the sequential and alternate introduction of columns of a non-compressible liquid phase and columns of a compressed gas phase into the body of a fuel injector whereby the expansion of each column of the gas phase across the orifice accelerates the liquid phase in each trailing column of the liquid phase and thereby generates turbulence in each liquid phase for lifting and entraining the solid particulates for the subsequent removal thereof from the body of the fuel injector. 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5,803,983/A/
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-670,869
- OSTI ID:
- 672648
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 8 Sep 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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