System and method for cooling a turbine and reducing greenhouse gas emissions therefrom

A cooling system comprising:

• a supply of a liquid;
• a first pump downstream of said supply of liquid, said first pump adapted to pressurize liquid from said supply of liquid;
• a heat exchanger downstream of said first pump, said heat exchanger adapted to elevate a temperature of the pressurized liquid from the first pump, said heat exchanger being connected to a source of heat;
• a second pump downstream of said heat exchanger, said second pump adapted to increase a pressure of the elevated temperature liquid from said heat exchanger;
• a gas turbine having an inflow duct;
• an injection device downstream of said second pump, said injection device having at least one nozzle directed toward the inflow duct of said gas turbine so as to spray the increased pressure liquid from the said second pump into the inflow duct of the gas turbine;
• a flow control valve downstream of said second pump and upstream of said injection device, said flow control valve adapted to limit a volume of the liquid flowing to said injection device and into the inflow duct of the gas turbine;
• and
• an ionizer downstream of said flow control valve and upstream of said injection device, said ionizer adapted to impart a charge to the liquid from the second pump such that a charged liquid is sprayed by the at least one nozzle outwardly into the inflow duct of the gas turbine.

A method of cooling a gas turbine or diesel engine having an inflow duct, the method comprising:

• pressurizing a demineralized water;
• increasing a temperature of the pressurize demineralized water;
• flowing the pressurize demineralized water through a flow control valve so as to limit a volume of the pressurized demineralized water;
• negatively charging the pressurized demineralized water;
• and
• injecting the negatively-charged pressurized demineralized water into the inflow duct through at least one nozzle.