Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A flow of working fluid may be adjusted to a percentage sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of compressed gas within the selected operating temperature range.

Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A flow of working fluid may be adjusted to a percentage sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of compressed gas within the selected operating temperature range.

The present invention relates to the field of energy conversion plants and, in particular, concerns a same plant configuration that can be reversibly used according to two alternative operational modes, wherein each operating unit work in both said operational modes. The first operational mode involves operating as a co-tri-generation plant for supplying the end-user with electrical/mechanical power and simultaneously with heating power and/or refrigeration power through the conversion of thermal power supplied by any heat source (renewable or non-renewable). The second operational mode involves operating as a high-temperature heat pump without the mechanical and/or electrical power supplied by an external source for supplying the end-user with high-temperature heating power through the conversion of the low to medium-temperature thermal power supplied by the aforementioned heat source.