Patent ID: 8015822

Claim:
A method of reducing a likelihood of a liquid product forming within an exhaust stream, wherein the exhaust stream is generated by a turbomachine; the method comprising: providing a turbomachine comprising: an inlet bleed heat (IBH) system for increasing a temperature of an inlet fluid, wherein the inlet fluid comprises an inlet air and an exhaust stream; wherein the IBH system comprises at least one valve; a compressor which receives and compresses the inlet fluid from the IBH system; a recirculation loop which recirculates the compressed inlet fluid from the compressor to the IBH system; providing at least one exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system comprising at least one of: an EGR skid, and an EGR flow control device; wherein the EGR system operationally reduces a concentration of a SOx constituent within the exhaust stream; utilizing the IBH system to increase a temperature of the inlet fluid above a condensation temperature; operating the IBH system in a manner that maintains a temperature of the SOx constituent above a SOx condensation temperature to reduce a likelihood of formation Sulfuric Acid forming, wherein Sulfuric Acid accelerates corrosion and foulin˜ on components of the compressor that ingests the inlet fluid; and modulating at least one flow control device to adjust a flowrate of the exhaust stream.