An airflow control system for a gas turbine according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exha
An airflow control system for a gas turbine according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream of the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.
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1. An airflow control system for a gas turbine system, comprising: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section, the airflow generation system including a fan and
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An airflow control system for a gas turbine system, comprising: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section, the airflow generation system including a fan and a plurality of inlet guide vanes in the air intake section upstream from the fan, the excess flow of air passing through the inlet guide vanes, the inlet guide vanes controlling the excess flow of air passing through the air intake section toward and through the fan;a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream of the gas turbine system;an air extraction system for extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system to provide bypass air, and for diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream, the air extraction system including an air splitting system comprising: an outer bypass duct for diverting the bypass air around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce the temperature of the exhaust gas stream in the mixing area, wherein the outer bypass duct comprises an arrangement of axially extending ducts, the axially extending ducts arrayed circumferentially around the gas turbine system to surround the gas turbine system; andan inner passage for directing any non-extracted portion of the excess flow of air into a compressor component of the gas turbine system to supercharge the gas turbine system; anda selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream from the mixing area. 2. The airflow control system of claim 1, wherein the fan is fixedly coupled to the shaft or releasably coupled to the shaft using a clutch mechanism. 3. The airflow control system of claim 1, further comprising a mixing system for mixing the bypass air with the exhaust gas stream in the mixing area. 4. The airflow control system of claim 1, further comprising a flow restriction system coupled to the bypass duct for selectively restricting the amount of bypass air flowing into the bypass duct. 5. The airflow control system of claim 1, wherein the compressor component draws in a flow of air, and wherein the excess flow of air drawn in by the airflow generation system comprises about 10 percent to about 40 percent of the flow of air drawn in by the compressor component of the gas turbine system. 6. The airflow control system of claim 1, further comprising an airflow controller for controlling the air extraction system to maintain the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream at a temperature of less than about 900° F. 7. A turbomachine system, comprising: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component;a shaft driven by the turbine component;a fan coupled to the shaft upstream of the gas turbine system for drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section;a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system;an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the fan to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; the air extraction system including an air splitting system comprising: an outer bypass duct for diverting the bypass air around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce the temperature of the exhaust gas stream in the mixing area, wherein the outer bypass duct comprises an arrangement of axially extending ducts, the axially extending ducts arrayed circumferentially around the gas turbine system to surround the gas turbine system; andan inner passage for directing any non-extracted portion of the excess flow of air into the compressor component of the gas turbine system to supercharge the gas turbine system;an airflow controller for controlling the air extraction system to maintain the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream at a temperature of less than about 900° F.; anda selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream from the mixing area. 8. The turbomachine system of claim 7, further comprising at least one inlet guide vane for controlling a flow of air through the fan, each inlet guide vane coupled to an actuator configured to rotate the inlet guide vane. 9. The turbomachine system of claim 7, wherein the fan is either fixedly coupled to the shaft or releasably coupled to the shaft using a clutch mechanism. 10. The turbomachine system of claim 7, further comprising a mixing system for mixing the bypass air with the exhaust gas stream in the mixing area. 11. The turbomachine system of claim 7, further comprising a flow restriction system coupled to the bypass duct for selectively restricting the amount of bypass air flowing into the bypass duct. 12. The turbomachine system of claim 7, wherein the excess flow of air drawn in by the airflow generation system comprises about 10 percent to about 40 percent of a flow of air drawn in by the compressor component. 13. A power generation system, comprising: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component;a shaft driven by the turbine component;an electrical generator coupled to the shaft for generating electricity;a fan coupled to the shaft upstream of the gas turbine system for drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section;a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system;an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the can to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; the air extraction system including an air splitting system comprising: an outer bypass duct for diverting the bypass air around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce the temperature of the exhaust gas stream in the mixing area, wherein the outer bypass duct comprises an arrangement of axially extending ducts, the axially extending ducts arrayed circumferentially around the gas turbine system to surround the gas turbine system; andan inner passage for directing any non-extracted portion of the excess flow of air into the compressor component of the gas turbine system to supercharge the gas turbine system;an airflow controller for controlling the air extraction system to maintain the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream at a temperature of less than about 900° F.; anda selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.
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