Engineering and Physics Classes Go to U of M Central Power Plant
Group of engineering and physics students walk down to the power plant. When the power plant was originally built it was at the lowest point on campus, so condensed steam could come back to the plant and be reused.
On Oct. 30th, members of George Lancaster and Johnathan Thomas-Palmers’ engineering and physics classes walked to explore the University of Michigan Central Power Plant (CPP). The power plant, located on Huron St. in downtown Ann Arbor supplies two-thirds of the University of Michigan’s energy and all their steam on campus, the rest comes from DTE energy. The exception to this is north campus, which has two of their own smaller power plants. Students came to the power plant to learn about real life application of engineering and physics in their community.
