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Encyclopedia > Engine room
Location of a ship's engine room
Location of a ship's engine room

In a ship, an engine room is where the main engine(s), generators, compressors, pumps, fuel/lubrication oil purifiers and other major machinery are located. Sometimes referred to as the "machinery space". On modern ships, a sound-proofed, air-conditioned engine control room (ECR) is situated next to the engine room (ER), for the ship's machinery control systems. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 418 pixelsFull resolution (4193 × 2189 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 418 pixelsFull resolution (4193 × 2189 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Italian Full rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large watercraft capable of offshore navigation. ...


Engine rooms are hot, noisy, sometimes dirty, and potentially dangerous. The presence of inflammable fuel, high voltage (HV) equipment and internal combustion engines (ICE) means that a serious fire hazard exists in the engine room, which is monitored continuously by the ships engineering staff and various monitoring systems. For other uses see fire (disambiguation). ... Fuel imports in 2005 Fuel is any material that is capable of releasing energy when its chemical or physical structure is altered. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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