Introduction. The paper concerns the determination of the relations of energy potentials in mass flows of gas and steam-gas systems and their changes in thermodynamic transformations and regeneration possibilities. Materials and methods. Researches are presented in the form of phenomenological generalizations on the basis of the laws of chemistry, thermodynamics with thermochemical calculations based on Hess's law. Results and discussion. Transformation of incoming gas streams used as the primary sources of chemical energy potentials with conversion into thermal energy is accompanied by losses at the level of heat of condensation of the formed vapor phase. Vapor-gas mixtures are generated in the processes of drying, aeration of grains for germination, in systems of aerobic fermentation processes, in the aeration of industrial wastewater, etc. The course of such processes takes place in thermodynamic parameters, which do not correspond to similar characteristics of the environment, which is accompanied by energy losses at the levels of difference between their enthalpies. From this point of view, an important component of such gas-steam mixtures is the steam fraction of water, since it carries the thermal potential of vaporization. The article discusses the ratio of parameters of material and heat flows, provides information that the energy potential of condensation of the vapor phase in products of combustion of gases is close to 10% of their calorific value. The estimation of the prospects of the application of heat pipes in heat recovery systems by the creation of closed energy circuits is evaluated. It is shown the possibility of combining heat exchanging surfaces of cooling and heating with heat pipes, which achieve the same parameters of the temperature of evaporation and condensation of intermediate thermal agents, the thermodynamic parameters of the latter in terms of the possibility of their application in the systems being created are given. With the presence of energy converters in the form of compressors and gas-expansion machines, the recovery systems are converted into local heat pumps. The use of methane, ethane, propane and butane as the primary source in the formation of water vapor is carried out in quantities corresponding to their chemical formula, depending on the ratio of the number of atoms of carbon and hydrogen. Recuperative recovery of the energy of the output vapor-gas mixture is expedient to carry out in the direction of the input air flow in systems with an intermediate coolant and implementation of heat exchange processes with the simulation of effects of thermal pipes or with the addition to the schemes of heat pumps. Conclusions. The schemes of thermodynamic processes confirm the possibilities of applying the proposed thermodynamic transformations.