Hotel Engineering (BHM-107)

Hotel Engineering
• Hotel is dependent on sophisticated engineering equipment's.
• Examples: Air conditioning system, Ventilation, Water treatment
plant, Sewage treatment plant, Sensors, Detectors, Fire fighting
system and a lot more.
Breif Syllabus
1. Maintenance
2. Organization
3. Fuels used catering industry
4. Safety
5. Electrcity
6. Waste disposal
7. Referigeration & Air-conditioning
8. Pollution
9. Fire prevention and fighting system
10. Audio visual equipments
Syllabus.
Maintenance
• Preventive and breakdown maintenance, comparisons
• Roll & importance of maintenance department in the hotel
industry with emphasis on its relation with other departments of
the hotel
Organization
• Organization chart of hotel and maintenance department, different
theories of organization.
Fuels used in catering Industry
• Types of fuel used in catering industry, calorific value;
comparative study of different fuels
• Calculation of amount of fuel required and cost
Safety
• Accident, accident prevention, causes of accident.
Electricity
• Fundamentals of electricity
• Insulators, conductors, current, potential difference, resistance,
energy concepts
• Electric wiring and lighting system.
Waste Disposals
Solid & liquid waste, salvage & sewage
• Disposal of solid waste, sewage treatment.
• Refrigeration & Air-conditioning
• Basic principles
• Latent heat, boiling point and its dependence on pressure
• Vapor compressor system of refrigeration and refrigerants.
• Air –conditioning basic principles ,types and application
• Pollution Control
• Pollution related to hotel industry
• Water pollution
• Air pollution
• Noise pollution
• Legal requirements.
• Fire Prevention and Fire fighting system
• Classes of Fire
• Fire extinguisher for different fire
• Structural protections
• Legal requirements
• Audio Visual Equipments:
• Various audio visual equipments
• Care and cleaning of equipments
• Sensors
Unit-01-Maintenance
1. Maintenance: it is combination of action of actions carried out to
retain an items/machine/sytem etc., in order to restore it to an
acceptable working condition.

2. Purpose: The purpose of maintenace is increase the system

availbility. The term maintenace covers following aspects.
a) Inspection of item/plant/system b. Repair of the defect if any
b) Repair of defects if any
c) Minor modification in order to reduce maintenance efforts.
Objective of Hotel Maintenance
• To achieve minimum breakdown & to keep the plant/ machine in good working
condition at the lowest possible cost.
• Machine & other equipments should be kept in such a condition which permits them
to be used at their optimum capacity without any intrruptions or hindrance.
• To ensure the availability of machines, buildings & services reuired by the customer.
• To ensure the safty of the guests/employees of the hotel
• To obtain maximum possible return on investment
• To extend the useful life of assests
• To increses the operational stability of the systems.
• To increse the customer satisfaction.
Maintenance Action
• Inspection
• Measurement
• Testing
• Servicing repair, Removal, Replacement, cleaning, lubrication,
rebuilding etc.
• Disassembly, assembly, check-out
• Securing material supply and storage
• Prepartion of report about maintenance
• Administrartive duties.
Types of maintenance
Roll & Importance of the Maintenance
Department

• Keeping engineering facilities in optimal operating conditions is vital for the

business of a hotel.
• Non – availability of a facility reduces the revenue and loss of future business
potential.
• The maintenance department aims at keeping all the engineering facilities in the
best operating condition.
• It also ensure the safety of all staff and guests within the boundaries of
establishment.
• The department also helps in the up gradation of technology.
• It is not wrong to refer to it as the Engineering department
• To protect the integrity of the building through maintenance of
buildings, structure (including walls, ceilings and floors),
airconditings, heating and cooling systems, water and sewage
facilities, furniture fixtures and equipments, electricity, space
management, procurement etc.
• It is huge responsibility for any hotel and having the right team in
place to ensure that things run smoothly.
Preventive and breakdown maintenance
• Preventive Maintenance: it is based on the principle that the
continuous functioning of certain equipment & system components is
essential to the habitability & productive process of a building.
• Involves taking the necessary precautions and actions to prevent
accidents or equipment failures from occurring before they happen
• Breakdown Maintenance: Breakdown maintenance is maintenance
performed on equipment that has broken down and is unusable.
Unit-02 Engineering Department Organization Chart

Chief Engineer

Shift Engineer

Elctrical Mechanical Civil Works HVAC

Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor

Electronic Generator Swimming Boiler HVAC

Lift Mechanic Electrician Maison Plumber Carpenter
Mechanic Mechanic Pool Mechanic Mechanic Machanic
• The organisation chart of engg department provide a clear picture of
lines of authority and the channels of communication with
department.
• Engineering department chart not only provides for systematic
direction of orders, but also protect employees from overdirected.