Patent ID: 8397483

Claim:
A system of introducing a recirculated exhaust stream into a turbomachine, the system comprising: the turbomachine comprising a gas turbine comprising: a compressor section, an external combustion system, and a turbine section; wherein the gas turbine operatively produces an exhaust stream; an inlet system located upstream of the compressor section, wherein the inlet system channels an inlet fluid towards the compressor section of the gas turbine, wherein the inlet fluid comprises an airstream and an exhaust stream, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system comprising an EGR skid and an EGR duct integrated with a portion of the inlet system and the EGR duct is integrated with a portion of a weather hood; wherein the EGR system operatively facilitates the sequestration and removal of concentrated CO2 and reduces the level of constituents within the exhaust stream; wherein the EGR system: receives the exhaust stream at a first temperature from an exhaust section of the gas turbine; wherein the exhaust stream comprises the constituents at a first level; allows the exhaust steam to enter the EGR skid, which reduces the constituents to a second level; and allows the exhaust stream to exit the EGR skid at a second temperature and flow through the EGR duct, wherein the exhaust stream enters the inlet system, and wherein the inlet system comprises at least one of the following: the weather hood configured to reduce an amount of precipitation entering the inlet system, wherein the weather hood comprises an opening for receiving the airstream; and an inlet filter system configured to reduce an amount of foreign objects entering the compressor section.