Since 1991, Glacier Bay has been at the forefront in the development of variable-speed refrigeration and air conditioning compressors. Whether the application is air conditioning or thermal control for electronics, the compressor is often the single highest energy consumer in the system. An inefficient compressor adds more heat to the total load requiring, in turn, a still larger compressor in a nasty cycle that compounds itself many times over. For this reason, even small improvements in efficiency will pay surprisingly big dividends.
The benefit of high efficiency is well known to compressor manufacturers worldwide, who are increasingly focused on reducing the power consumption of the products they offer. However, manufacturers are limited in the extent and number of changes they can make to improve performance. Their compressors are components of larger systems designed by their customers. If manufacturers could control every aspect of the power system, they would be free to do so much more!
This is where OSSA Powerlite® technology gives Glacier Bay the edge. Our compressors become an integral part of the complete system. Powered by our own brushless DC permanent magnet motors and controllers, they are continuously variable-speed. This lets them receive control commands over the OSSA-CAN© network and dynamically optimize their capacity in relationship to heat load and other components on the network.
The result is compressor technology that does what no other compressor can do. Advantages include:
These outstanding qualities make Glacier Bay's OSSA Powerlite Enabled© compressors ideal for transport HVAC, medical equipment and patient cooling, electronics thermal management, alternative energy systems and emergency environmental control. Glacier Bay compressors have been used by IBM Corporation, Westinghouse, Northrop-Grumman, L3 Communications, Pivco Automobiles, Hewlett-Packard, Alsius and others, in systems where exceptional performance is required.
