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Regenerative cooling is a method of cooling gases in which compressed gas is cooled by allowing it to expand and thereby take heat from the surroundings. The cooled expanded gas then passes through a heat exchanger where it cools the incoming compressed gas. [1]
In 1857, Siemens introduced the regenerative cooling concept with the Siemens cycle. [2] In 1895, William Hampson in England [3] and Carl von Linde in Germany [4] independently developed and patented the Hampson–Linde cycle to liquefy air using the Joule–Thomson expansion process and regenerative cooling. [5] On 10 May 1898, James Dewar used regenerative cooling to become the first to statically liquefy hydrogen.
Thermodynamics |
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Regenerative cooling is a method of cooling gases in which compressed gas is cooled by allowing it to expand and thereby take heat from the surroundings. The cooled expanded gas then passes through a heat exchanger where it cools the incoming compressed gas. [1]
In 1857, Siemens introduced the regenerative cooling concept with the Siemens cycle. [2] In 1895, William Hampson in England [3] and Carl von Linde in Germany [4] independently developed and patented the Hampson–Linde cycle to liquefy air using the Joule–Thomson expansion process and regenerative cooling. [5] On 10 May 1898, James Dewar used regenerative cooling to become the first to statically liquefy hydrogen.