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In this study, we propose an innovative air compression refrigeration method based on the Brayton cycle. This method converts high-pressure air into low-temperature air at atmospheric pressure for wind tunnel refrigeration. The new cooling system has reduced energy usage by 3.72 MW, leading to a 13.15% improvement. The return cooler of the system is modeled using the effective number of heat transfer units and the mean temperature difference design method. Additionally, the turbine within the system is analyzed using one-dimensional flow characteristic analysis and the principle of similarity. This method has been validated by comparing it to other published papers. Subsequently, we perform a thorough sensitivity analysis on the key design parameters of the system. We observe that with a sufficient heat transfer area of the recooler, the cooling efficiency of the system exhibits a gradual decline from 64% to 60% as the mass flow rate of the system rises. For a fixed turbine, the cooling efficiency of the system rises from 20% to 62% and subsequently declines to 37%, with an increase in the mass flow rate. As a result, we conclude that the design parameters of the turbine have a more significant influence on the cooling efficiency of the system than the recooler. 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