Missouri S&T Geothermal report

 During my free time, I decided to throw together research and my understanding of HVAC and put all I had learned in to a paper about Missouri S&T's geothermal system that provides heating and cooling to most of campus. This paper tries to be a comprehensive document to get you up to speed on what this system offers and how it works. At the end I talk about what campus could do to better the understanding of this system from people thinking it gererates electricity for campus but also how to make it more viewable and interactive.

This project stemed from not comprehending why there were no cooling towers for RC and UC. I later learned about the geothermal system and found the true reason why most of campus did not feature cooling towers which made campus slightly quieter from equipment noise.

 Note: This paper is in a Beta state with some holes and unverified/ backed up claims by another source.  Progress is being made to make sure sources are identifyed. The final paper is expected to be done by June, the 10 year anniversary of the system, where a better read with more in depth information is talked about in a easily  consumable way. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any pointers on the paper through the email listed below in the footer.

Thank you to:

Brittany Thompson | Director of Events and Hospitality Management at Missouri S&T

Pat Litty | Project Manager at Missouri S&T

Josh Hockensmith | Senior Superintendent at McCrown Gordon

Eric Poettker | Mechanical Engineer at McClure Engineering

Andrew Phipps | Mechanical Engineer