Major trends in the development of the gas industry point to a large-scale expansion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, which continues to be a fast-growing segment compared to other energy sources. The national policy of the Russian Federation is aimed at developing the infrastructure of LNG complexes. This article analyses the world experience in the use of LNG complexes in gas consumption peak damping installations, which meet the conditions of LNG use as a backup fuel by PJSC Mosenergo branches (low-tonnage production combined with a large volume of LNG storage). It is shown that, in terms of the conditions of production and use of LNG at power plants, the most suitable are installations with 90–100% liquefaction of the incoming gas flow with an external refrigerating circuit using a mixed refrigerant or nitrogen, which provide the composition of regasified LNG almost identical to the composition of the source gas. The authors have formulated requirements for the development of energy-efficient LNG complexes at PJSC Mosenergo branches, including ensuring cycle energy consumption by expanding the network gas in the expander with utilization of refrigerating capacity in the liquefaction cycle, as well as cooling the compressed coolant of the refrigerating circuit by gas flows supplied further for combustion. The technological features of implementation of the LNG complex for production, storage and regasification of LNG as a reserve fuel for TPPs are reviewed. The study has shown that the most suitable power plant for the introduction of an LPG complex is TPP-22, for which a new fuel oil facility is being designed. Despite the current practice of using fuel oil and diesel fuel as backup fuels, LNG can have a competitive advantage through the use of secondary energy resources of TPPs.

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The results of a compact and mobile heat recovery plant design based on the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with a capacity of 1 MW, which can meet the gas pumping station auxiliaries in power, are presented. The choice of n-pentane as a working fluid, as the cheapest and most affordable on the market and providing condensation of exhaust steam at the atmospheric pressure, and thermal oil ‘Thermolan LT’ as an intermediate heat carrier has been substantiated. The choice of the work process parameters is focused on reliable long-term work with a minimum amount of maintenance. The plant is designed with the possibility to place its main units outside the technological zone of the main production. The design of the plant main components is presented. The turbine is axial, with five stages with a direct generator drive without a reduction gear. The turbine and generator are placed in a ventilated container. The steam generator is a vertically placed shell-and-tube heat exchanger. The air condenser is with horizontally arranged heat exchange tubes and screw-knurled fins. The recuperator is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with horizontally arranged longitudinally finned tubes. It has been substantiated that for low-potential heat sources and in the conditions of low air temperatures, the use of heat-recovery plants based on the ORC is the optimal solution.

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