Thu, Jan 20, 2011
Engine Manufacturer Will Own Intellectual Property For The
System
Pratt & Whitney has closed on an agreement with Gas Turbine
Efficiency to purchase the assets of the company's aviation
business, which provides patented technology for Pratt &
Whitney's EcoPower engine wash service. Pratt & Whitney had
exclusive rights to use Gas Turbine Efficiency's technology to wash
aircraft engines since it launched its EcoPower engine wash service
in 2004. With this agreement, Pratt & Whitney will own the
intellectual property for the technology as well as other assets
associated with Gas Turbine Efficiency's aviation business.
"As an original equipment manufacturer, we are committed to
helping our customers reduce operating costs and provide
quantifiable environmental benefits," said Andrew Tanner, vice
president, Product Line Management, Pratt & Whitney, announcing
the deal Tuesday. "The acquisition of Gas Turbine Efficiency's
aviation business supports this goal as we continue to offer the
EcoPower engine wash service to customers around the world at
competitive prices."
Gas Turbine Efficiency designs, manufactures and supplies
proprietary cleantech energy saving and performance enhancing
solutions to the power generation, as well as oil and gas
industries.
Pratt & Whitney says its patented EcoPower engine wash
system reduces fuel burn by as much as 1.2 percent, eliminating
three pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for every pound of fuel
saved, while also decreasing engine gas temperature thus increasing
the amount of time an engine can stay on wing. Pratt &
Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of
aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines.
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