Efficiency controller eases energy consumption

Power Efficiency Corporation, has filed patents for a single-phase motor efficiency controller that could reduce energy consumption on residential and commercial appliances.

Power Efficiency Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of advanced energy savings technologies for electric motors, has filed two new provisional patents on the company's new digital single-phase motor efficiency controller for reducing energy consumption on residential and commercial appliances.

"This opens up a new door through which Power Efficiency Corporation has many opportunities for growth in new markets", said Steven Strasser, the company's Chairman and CEO.

"These provisional patents are a significant stepping stone as they give the company potential to increase sales through large-volume customers".

Small single-phase motors typically used in appliances are inherently more inefficient than larger commercial and industrial motors.

To date there has been very little cost-effective energy saving technology applied to these small fractional horsepower motors.

Strasser continued: "These provisional patents will allow us to actively pursue licensing the technology to original equipment manufacturers of residential and small commercial appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, clothes dryers, heat pumps, and shop tools".

"These patent filings are a key milestone in our company's technology development.

The inventions protected by these provisional patents were developed by our Director and Senior Technical Advisor, George Boyadjieff".

"We believe that these new inventions are a significant improvement over the NASA technology originally designed for improving a motor's efficiency".

"This proprietary technology will be a significant asset to the company".

"It will also be a driver for future sales in the appliance market".

"There is an ongoing movement by both federal and state governments to proscribe more stringent energy efficiency standards for appliances".

"The amount of savings projected by our technology could enable appliance manufacturers to meet these standards in the most cost-effective manner".

As an example of these markets, in 2005 a total of 11 million refrigerators, 17 million washers and dryers, and 14 million air conditioners were sold in the US, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.

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