An adsorption drying apparatus, in particular for drying a compressed gas, includes an adsorption chamber (11) having a plurality of adsorption conduits (101) containing an adsorption material (123), a first feeding line (106) and a first discharging line (109) disposed at a first end (111) of the adsorption chamber (11), and a second feeding line (108) and a second discharging line (107) disposed at a second end (112) of the adsorption chamber (11). The adsorption chamber (11) is rotatable with respect to the feeding and discharging lines (106, 107, 108, 109) so that the adsorption conduits may be fluidically connected in temporal alternation, wherein the gas is dried in a drying sector (102), and the adsorption material (123) is regenerated in the regeneration sector (103). The first feeding line (106) is configured such that the gas stream to be dried may be fed to the regeneration sector (103) as a full flow. The second discharging line (107) is in communication with the second feeding line (108) and thus forms a connecting line in which a condenser is provided, and a pressure increasing device (18) is provided within the connecting line so as to increase the pressure of the gas flowing from the second discharging line (107) to the second feeding line (108). A cooling stream may be branched off at the first (111) or second end (112) of the adsorption chamber (11), as need be, to cool the adsorption chamber (11) within the cooling sector (119). The regeneration sector (103) and the drying sector (102) are connected in cascade for a serial through-flow, such that the gas stream fed to the drying sector (102) essentially completely corresponds to the gas stream discharged from the regeneration sector (103), optionally including the gas stream discharged from the cooling sector.