Siemens cycle

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The Siemens cycle is a technique used to cool or liquefy gases.^[1] A gas is compressed, leading to an increase in its temperature (by Gay-Lussac's law relating pressure and temperature). The compressed gas is then cooled by a heat exchanger, then the cool, compressed gas is allowed to decompress, further cooling it (again by Gay-Lussac's law). This results in a gas (or liquefied gas) that is colder than the original and at the same pressure.

Carl Wilhelm Siemens patented the Siemens cycle in 1857.^[2][3]

See also

• Adiabatic process
• Gas compressor
• Hampson-Linde cycle
• Regenerative cooling
• Timeline of low-temperature technology

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