Hotel Engineering IHM Notes

1ST SEMESTER HOTEL ENGINEERING NOTES

1. WATER SYSTEMS

A. Water distribution system in a hotel
B. Cold water systems in india
C. Hardness of water,
     water softening,
     base exchange method (Demonstration)
D. Cold water cistern swimming
E. Hot water supply system in hotels
F. Flushing system, water taps, traps and closets. 

2. GAS

A. Heat terms and units;
     method of transfer
B. LPG and its properties;
    principle of Bunsen and burner,
    precautions to be taken while handling gas;
    low and high-pressure burners,
    corresponding heat output.
C. Gas bank, location, different types of manifolds

3. ELECTRICITY
A. Fundamental of Electricity
     Insulators
     Conductors
     Current
     Potential difference resistance
     Power
     Energy concepts; definitions, their units and relationships,
     AC and DC; single phase and three phase and its importance on equipment specifications
B. Electric circuits
    Open circuits and Close circuits
    Symbols of circuit elements
    Series and Parallel connections
    Short circuits
    Fees; MCB, earthing, reason for placing switches on live wire side.
C. Electric wires and types of wiring
D. Calculation of electric energy consumption of equipment,
     Safety precaution to be observed while using electric appliances.
E. Types of lighting
     Different lighting devices
     Incandescent lamps.
     Fluorescent lamps,
     Other gas discharged lamps,
     Illumination, and units of illumination.
F. External lighting
G. Safety in handling electrical equipment

4. FUELS USED IN CATERING INDUSTRY

A. Types of fuel used in catering industry
Mainly types of fuel
1. Primary Fuels
2. Secondary Fuels
Classified in other ways
1. Solid fuel
2. Liquid fuel
3. Gaseous fuel
4. Electrical fuel
5. Unconventional fuel
     Calorific value
     Comparative study of different fuels
B. Calculation of amount of hotel required and cost.

5. MAINTENANCE

A. Preventive and breakdown maintenance, companies
B. Roll & Importance of maintenance department in the hotel industry with emphasis on its relation         with other department of the hotel.
C. Organisation chart of maintenance department
      Maintenance
1. Planned Maintenance
● Preventive Maintenance
 a. Route Maintenance
 b. Scheduled Maintenance
● Corrective Maintenance
2. Reactive Maintenance 
● Emergency Maintenance
● Breakdown Maintenance 
3. Development Maintenance
4. Contract Maintenance
    Duties and responsibilities of maintenance department

6. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE

A. Necessity of contract maintenance, advantages and disadvantages of contract maintenance
B. Essential requirements of a contract, types of contract, their comparative advantages and disadvantages
C. Procedure for inviting and processing tenders, negotiating and finalizing

7. AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENTS

A. Various audio visual equipment used in hotel
B. Care and clearing of overhead projector, slide projector, LCD and power point presentation units
C. Maintenance of computors
D. Care and cleaning of PC, CPU, Modem, UPS, Printer, Laptops
E. Sensors - Various sensors used in different locations of a hotel - types, uses and cost effectiveness

8. EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT POLICY

A. Circumstances under which equipment are replaced
B. Replacement policy of items which gradually deteriorates
C. Replacement when the average annual cost is minimum
D. Replacement when the present cost is minimum
E. Economic replacement cycle for suddenly failing equipment

9. SECURITY

10. SAFETY

A. Accident prevention
B. Slips and falls
C. Other safety topics

11. WASTE DISPOSAL AND POLLUTION CONTROL

A. Solid and liquid waste, sullage and sewage, disposal of solid waste
B. Sewage treatment
C. Pollution related to hotel industry
D. Water pollution, sewage pollution
E. Air pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution
F. Legal Requirements

12. FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM

A. Classes of fire, methods of extinguishing fires (Demonstration)
B. Fire extinguishes, portable and stationary
C. Fire detectors and alarm
D. Automatic fire detectors cum extinguishing devices
E. Structural protection
F. Legal requirements

13. REFRIGERATION & AIR-CONDITIONING

A. Basic principle, latent heat, boiling point and its dependence on pressure, vapour compressor system of refrigeration and refrigerants
B. Vapour absorption system, care and maintenance of refrigerators, defrosting, types of refrigerant units, their care and maintenance. (Demonstration)
C. conditions for comfort, relative humidity, humidification, dehumidifying, due point control, unit of air conditioning
D. Window type air conditioner, central air conditioning, preventive maintenance
E. Vertical transportation, elevators, escalators.