Facility Overview
Introducing the central heating and chiller plant
Virtual field trip for learning thermodynamics
Introduction
Welcome to the beta version of the Thermodynamics Virtual Field Trip Project at UW Stout. The sections shown below are best visited in order. Each section will have a “previous”, “home”, and “next” button at the bottom to proceed through in order. You can also access any page from the MENU button in the upper-right.
Click the first section “Facility Overview” to begin or click “Learning Topics” to jump right to the content!
Learning Opportunities
Dive into your virtual field trip!
Assessments
Tell us what you know
Fun Facts
More interesting facts about the central heating and chiller plant and thermodynamics.
Site Navigation and Tips
How to use the Heating Plant Virtual Field Trip Site
About This Site
For help navigating this site, visit the Site Navigation and Tips page
In Spring of 2022, UW Stout professors Oai Ha, Keif Oss, and Seth Berrier started a research project to explore how a virtual tour of the campus central heating plant could help enhance learning outcomes in an undergraduate course in thermodynamics. This site is the ongoing work of that project and will provide a way to explore the central heating plan on the Stout campus and to learn about and assess basic thermodynamics concepts demonstrated in the plant.
This work is funded by a grant from the Xcel Energy Foundation