boilerhouse
Industrial heating building
A boilerhouse is a building or room containing boilers that generate steam or hot water for heating, industrial processes, or power generation.
The term appears in both industrial contexts and as a modifier: boilerhouse operations, the old factory boilerhouse.
In British usage, it may also describe the engine room of a ship.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- pressureForce upon contact
- valveFluid flow controller
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
gauge · stoker · firebox · chimney · flue · coal · fuel · feedwater
Electricity-producing machine
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- energyPower to do work
- generationAge-defined peer group
distribution · grid · supply · central · station · dynamo · output · capacity
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- millGrain-crushing facility
- worksFunctions or labors
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
facility · machinery · production · manufacturing · engineering · maintenance · shift · worker
Enclosed roofed structure
- brickFired clay building unit
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
- architectureBuilding design discipline
Victorian · basement · room · enclosure · shed · annexe · premises · foundation
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- pressureForce upon contact
- valveFluid flow controller
pipe · gauge · stoker · firebox · chimney · flue · coal · fuel · feedwater · condensate
generator
Electricity-producing machine
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- energyPower to do work
generation · distribution · grid · supply · central · station · dynamo · output · capacity · megawatt
factory
Industrial production facility
complex · facility · machinery · production · manufacturing · engineering · maintenance · shift · worker · operator
building
Enclosed roofed structure
- brickFired clay building unit
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
architecture · Victorian · basement · room · enclosure · shed · annexe · premises · foundation · construction
boilerhouseresidence
Place one inhabits
dwelling · home · house · living quarters · apartment
boilerhouseicehouse
Frozen block repository
cold storage · cold room · freezer · cooler