氨制冷系统通常是大型能源用户，因此是提高能源效率的良好目标。减少能源使用和提高能源效率的常见机会包括减少制冷负荷、增加吸入压力、采用双吸入、降低最小水头压力设定值、提高蒸发式冷凝器效率和回收热量。由于设备和控制的复杂性，估计这些措施带来的节约往往很困难。然而，氨制冷系统对这些措施的基本能量响应可以使用简化模型进行估算。 了解这些响应通常是设计或优化实际系统性能的重要第一步。因此，本文使用简化的模型来估算单级制冷系统的能量变化。结果表明，系统的能源使用和潜在的能源节约如何随环境湿球温度而变化。结果让设计师和运营商了解可能的节约机会。 引文:美国科学与技术研究院学报第119卷第2部分，科罗拉多州丹佛市。

Ammonia refrigeration systems are typically large energy users and hence good targets for energy efficiency improvements. Common opportunities to reduce energy use and improve energy efficiency include reducing refrigeration load, increasing suction pressure, employing dual suction, decreasing minimum head pressure setpoint, increasing evaporative condenser effectiveness, and reclaiming heat. Estimating savings from these measures is often difficult because of the complexity of the equipment and controls. However, the fundamental energy response of ammonia refrigeration systems to these measures can be estimated using a simplified model. An understanding of these responses is often an important first step to designing or optimizing the performance of actual systems.Thus, this paper develops a simplified model for simulating a single-stage ammonia refrigeration system and uses the model to estimate how energy use changes in response to the opportunities mentioned above. The results show how system energy use and potential energy savings vary with ambient wet-bulb temperature. The results give designers and operators insight into possible savings opportunities.