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Feature

HVAC

Eric Haun

Engine room ventilation is a key component of any working vessel.

pend on the type of vessel and area of operations. HVAC workforce. Whether it’s large chiller plants, small self- systems provide cooling and heating, and their ef? ciency contained units, or a window unit from a hardware store is determined by the power available for the units and mounted in a porthole, these must work to cool or heat their size, which is determined by the size of the vessel. the area and be able to maintain operation in the work-

Vessels that cater to passengers such as cruise ships and ing environments of vessels in fresh or salt water and in ferries need larger reliable systems because loss of cooling the rivers, bays, nearshore or ocean crossings that they are during the record heat waves being felt these days could built for. No one wants lose their HVAC three days into a result in injury to persons from the heat and loss of rev- 12-day trip in the Solomon sea during the month of De- enue. Increasingly, as the maritime industry continues to cember and have to resort to opening port holes, building evolve, many companies are placing a greater emphasis wind scoops out of cardboard, or sleeping and working on crew comfort in order to aid in retention of crews as on deck in little more than a pair of shorts until landfall is the industry ? nds itself growing with a shrinking skilled made in Australia where the nearest parts are. | MN September 2022 30