Navigator Amyr Klink is using compressor technology from Embraco on his sailboat Paratii 2. One of the purposes of the variable-velocity compressor (VCC3) is to allow the reduction of approximately 50% in power consumption in relation to other products on the market already used by Klink.
An advantage for the navigator is the comfort of having food frozen at –18 degrees C instead of just meals based on dehydrated cereals and dried fruits. Embraco’s corporate technology officer, Laercio Hardt, said that variable-capacity compressors also have extremely low temperature variations when used in freezers or refrigerators, improving the quality of food preservation.