Hampson–Linde cycle
Linde-Hampson
- Date
- 1895 · confidence high
- Place
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Credited to
- Carl von Linde
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A gas liquefaction cycle using regenerative cooling and Joule-Thomson expansion, independently patented by Carl von Linde and William Hampson in 1895 and used mainly to separate the components of air.
What it led to
- Industrial production of liquid oxygen and nitrogen
- Founding of the industrial-gas industry (Linde AG)
- Basis of 20th-century industrial cryogenics