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Siemens cycle

Siemens cycle proper noun: a technique used to cool or liquefy gases, by compressing the gas (leading to an increase in its temperature due to the directly proportional relationship between temperature and pressure), then cooling it with a heat exchanger and decompressing it.

Proper noun

the Siemens cycle

  1. A technique used to cool or liquefy gases, by compressing the gas (leading to an increase in its temperature due to the directly proportional relationship between temperature and pressure), then cooling it with a heat exchanger and decompressing it.

Origin of Siemens cycle

Carl Wilhelm Siemens patented the cycle in 1857.

Questions about Siemens cycle

What does Siemens cycle mean?
Siemens cycle means a technique used to cool or liquefy gases, by compressing the gas (leading to an increase in its temperature due to the directly proportional relationship between temperature and pressure), then cooling it with a heat exchanger and decompressing it.
What part of speech is Siemens cycle?
Siemens cycle is a proper noun.

Words near Siemens cycle in the dictionary

  1. Sielers
  2. SIEM
  3. Siem Reap
  4. Siemak
  5. siemens
  6. Siemens cycle
  7. Siemens star
  8. Siemens-Martin process
  9. Siemens-Martin steel
  10. Siemenses
  11. Siemer

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