FUEL-FREE

POWER
FOR GAS
COMPRESSOR
STATIONS

Three Decades of
Eco-Efficient Energy Solutions
for the Pipeline Industry

Courtesy of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

 OEC Benefits
of Fuel-Free Power Production
for Pipelines

The ORMAT® Energy Converter (OEC) is designed to

complement your compressor operation and generate
cost-effective electricity or additional compressor power:

• ORMAT units available from 500 kW to 7,500 kW

• Factory-integrated for rapid, easy modular installation

• Operation is automatic and unmanned

Produce MEGAWATTS
• OEC units include remote monitoring and control
from Heat
• Air-cooled condensers, no water required
WHICH YOU MAY BE
• Provides environmentally-clean power for station use or for sale
THROWING AWAY!
• ORMAT organic motive fluid is non freezing and ozone-benign

• Design incorporates 35 years of field proven power system experience

• Cost-effective power is produced without additional fuel usage

• Turnkey design, supply and installation of modular systems available

• Financing optional

The power produced by the

exhaust from gas turbine driven
compressors along a natural gas
pipeline is dependent on the type
of gas turbine used and on site
conditions. OEC power output
for typical gas turbines is indicated
in the chart.
 ORMAT® Energy Converter
for Gas Compressor Stations

T he ORMAT Energy Converter (OEC) is an air-cooled heat

recovery (bottoming cycle) power system. It converts waste
heat from the exhaust of gas turbine-driven compressors into
electricity for sale to local utilities or for additional compressor
station power.

The OEC, like steam power plants, is based on the Rankine

Cycle, but uses a non-freezing, ozone-benign organic working
fluid, instead of steam. The system is referred to as an Organic
Rankine Cycle (ORC). It is well suited for operation with gas
turbine exhaust heat sources.
6.5 MW OEC at
Gas Compressor Station How the ORMAT® Energy Converter Works

The self-contained, fully automatic ORMAT

Energy Converter (OEC) produces grid-
compatible power. Its working fluid is selected
to optimize power output for specific gas
turbine exhaust streams. Thermal energy in
the exhaust gas is transferred to the OEC’s
vaporizer by a nonflammable heat transfer
fluid flowing through the Heat Recovery Unit.
The OEC working fluid is vaporized by the heat
transfer fluid.

The resulting pressurized organic vapor drives

a special turbine, which is coupled to the
generator or an additional compressor. After
expansion, the turbine exhaust vapor flows
through the recuperator, is condensed and
recycled by the motive fluid pump.
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Thirty-five years of providing electricity

in some of the world’s toughest

environments, from Alaska to Patagonia

and from Nevada to Siberia

Since 1976: OEC units power 62 remotely

operated gate valves along the 800-mile
Trans-Alaska pipeline.

Unattended Distributed Power

along 4,000 Miles of Pipelines

The ORMAT Energy Converter (OEC), a Closed Cycle

Vapor Turbogenerator (CCVT), provides highly reliable,
low maintenance power for remote unattended
applications along pipelines. OEC units are used to power Since 1968: Telecommunication networks
cathodic protection, SCADA, remotely operated valves, and gas pipeline cathodic protection in
Argentina.
and telecommunications links on over 4,000 miles
(6,000 km) of pipelines.

With over 200 million turbine hours of field-proven

reliability, many OEC units have been in operation for
over 25 years! The self-contained OEC supplies 200 to
3,000 Watts continuously under the most severe
environments with near-zero maintenance. OEC units
use a wide variety of locally available fuels including
natural gas, LPG, kerosene, jet fuel, and diesel fuel. Since 1978: Dual OEC provides reliable
power for communication at offshore gas
production facilities in the Adriatic Sea.
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40 MW SIGC Heber
Geothermal Power Plant in California

30 MW Puna Binary and Combined Cycle

Geothermal Power Plant in Hawaii
Geothermal Power Plants

ORMAT’s innovative geothermal power plants deliver

clean, sustainable electricity to power grids from Iceland
to New Zealand, from California to the Azores, and from
Hawaii to Tibet. The ORMAT modular power plants,
from 300 kW to over 125 MW, comprise 700 MW of
reliable electrical capacity.

125 MW Upper Mahiao Geothermal Power 600 MW Balance of Plant

Plant in Leyte, Philippines
for Thermal Power Plants

ORMAT provides all the services and equipment necessary

ORMAT Air Intake Filters, Exhaust Diverter and
Stack for 4 Siemens V94.2 150 MW
gas turbines
to complete the “Balance of Plant”. Key ORMAT
capabilities include design, engineering, construction,
and start-up. ORMAT procures, supplies, and
manufactures a wide range of additional equipment and
systems. The company also rehabilitates and operates
existing power plant facilities, including a recently
rehabilitated 440 MWe thermal power plant and a district
heating system.