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A mechanical room or a boiler room is a room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment. Unless a building is served by a centralized heating plant, the size of the mechanical room is usually proportional to the size of the building. A small building or home may have at most a utility room but in large buildings mechanical rooms can be of considerable size, often requiring multiple rooms throughout the building, or even occupying one or more complete floors (see: mechanical floor).
Mechanical rooms typically house the following equipment:
• Air handlers
• Boilers
• Chillers
• Heat exchangers
• Water heaters and tanks
• Water pumps (for domestic, heating/cooling, and firefighting water)
• Main distribution piping and valves
• Sprinkler distribution piping and pumps
• Back-up electrical generators
• Elevator machinery
• Other HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) equipment
Equipment in mechanical rooms is often operated and maintained by a stationary engineer or a maintenance technicians. Modern buildings use control systems to manage HVAC cycles, lighting, communications, and life safety equipment. Often, the control system hardware is located in the mechanical room and monitored or accessed remotely.
Rooms with only electrical or electronic equipment are not considered mechanical rooms but electrical rooms.

Engine Room is an important part of a ship, because here there is the main equipment of the ship which is main engines and diesel generators.
So the design of the engine room must be properly and in accordance with the existing standard, especially in terms of construction.
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Ship consists of three major parts, namely the engine room, cargo and accommodation. In this post I will explain about the engine room of the ship.
Engine Room or usually called ER, commonly refers to the machinery spaces of a vessel. To increase the safety and damage survivability of a vessel, the machinery necessary for operations may be segregated into various spaces, the engine room is one of these spaces, and is generally the largest physical compartment of the machinery space. The engine room houses the vessel’s prime mover, usually some variations of Continue reading →