Embraco’s new inverter delivers up to 50 percent energy savings

The new compressor model allows refrigerators manufacturers to achieve the A level in the world’s most stringent energy consumption regulations.

Embraco, a global provider of refrigeration technology for the complete residential and commercial cold chain, has recently started mass production of the VESH variable speed compressor, a new generation of the VES series. It is an upgrade of Embraco’s premium portfolio of highly energy-efficient products
for residential applications, from refrigerators to freezers. The VESH can achieve up to 50 percent energy savings if compared to a traditional standard fixed-speed compressor. It achieves around 30 percent  compared to already more energy-efficient fixed-speed models.

The energy efficiency achieved allows Embraco’s customers, the residential refrigerators manufacturers, to reach the highest classification, level A, in the energy labels systems with the most stringent regulations worldwide, such as in Europe and Japan. Vice-President for the Home Appliances Business
Segment at Nidec Global Appliance, Ricardo Bristotti, says, “VESH pushes the limits of energy savings in response to a market context in which this topic has become one of the main priorities for refrigeration appliances manufacturers and homeowners due to high energy prices, especially in Europe, where they are skyrocketing.”

Efficient, silent and small
The VESH compressors family is the premium platform of Embraco’s portfolio, so besides efficiency, it has higher acoustics standards. One example is its capability of running at 950 rpm (rotations per minute) in low demand, which makes it as silent as the ambient noise of a library, a relevant added value
to the final consumer. Because variable speed technology allows the VESH to adjust its running speed according to the demanded temperature, it also helps to improve food preservation, another feature valued by homeowners.

The Embraco VESH arrives on the market as the smallest variable speed compressor in this efficiency range. “Miniaturisation of products is among the main drivers of our innovation process, for its many benefits”, Bristotti says.