System for utilizing a thermomechanical cycle to drive a compressor

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable code that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• receive feedback from one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors disposed within a gas compression site or a combustible gas production site and monitoring a plurality of parameters related to a fugitive gas and/or an internal combustion engine;
• and
• provide one or more control signals to adjust an amount of mechanical power provided to a vapor recovery unit to compress the fugitive gas from the gas compression site or the combustible gas production site, wherein the mechanical power is provided from a thermomechanical cycle of the internal combustion engine that converts excess heat from the internal combustion engine to mechanical power to drive the vapor recovery unit.

A method for operating a vapor recovery unit, comprising:

• receiving, at a controller, feedback from one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors disposed within a gas compression site or a combustible gas production site and monitoring a plurality of parameters related to a fugitive gas and/or an internal combustion engine;
• and
• providing, via the controller, one or more control signals to adjust an amount of mechanical power provided to the vapor recovery unit to compress the fugitive gas from the gas compression site or the combustible gas production site, wherein the mechanical power is provided from a thermomechanical cycle of the internal combustion engine that converts excess heat from the internal combustion engine to mechanical power to drive the vapor recovery unit.