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Title: Research and development of highly energy-efficient supermarket refrigeration systems. Volume 1. Executive summary and task reports

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5268298

The Supermarket Energy Systems Project was structured to investigate and develop new highly energy-efficient supermarket refrigeration systems. A market and system analysis was performed for supermarket energy systems. The market analysis describes the overall structure of the supermarket industry as well as the distribution of energy-using systems in a typical supermarket. The market analysis evaluates the supermarket industry and the typical supermarket as customers buying energy-saving equipment. The systems analysis includes all supermarket energy-saving systems but focuses on the refrigeration system, the major energy-consuming system in a supermarket. A computer simulation program for supermarket refrigeration was developed and has been used to perform a sensitivity analysis, identifying those improvements or changes to the refrigeration system which offer the greatest energy-saving potential. Energy-saving improvements are described and evaluated. The results of the marketing and system analyses are combined with government, manufacturer, and customer criteria to rank various energy-saving improvements in order of desirability for further study, development and commercialization. A supermarket refrigeration system consisting of: unequal, parallel compressors; condenser with floating head-pressure control; and a microprocessor-based electronic control system was analyzed, designed, fabricated, and recommended. A compressor capacity control algorithm was designed to select the optimum compressor combination for each operating condition to match compressor capacity to refrigeration load. A microprocessor system based on an Intel 8085 microprocessor was selected for system control and data acquisition. An economic analysis was performed.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Foster-Miller Associates, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5268298
Report Number(s):
ORNL/Sub-80-61601/1-Ex.Summ.; ON: DE82016576
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English