Some say that the engine room is the heart of a ship, it has the main components to provide ship energy and power
Here is what you can observe in an engine room:
- Main combustion engine: The main equipment that makes the ship sail, provides power to the propulsion
- Genset: It can be attached to an aux Combustion engine to provide all electrical energy to the ship’s needs
- Main Switchboard: The main electricity distribution component, has all switches, components, and automation to provide electricity to the ship
- Batteries: Batteries are essential to maintain emergency systems and start up the combustion engines
- Rudder machinery: Be azimuth or conventional, these types of equipment are the heart of the steering
- Pumps: Pumps are common, it can be to transfer water, fuel oil, gray waters, from one tank to another, also to flow coolant water in the heat exchanger, and even to firefighting equipment
- Air vessels: Compressed air to run cleaning, and support in some equipment’s functioning
- HVAC: Ventilation system and air conditioning to provide comfort and airflow through the accommodations
Remember, those are basics in an engine room, it has much more equipment depending on the ship application and category