Heat plant circulates
warmth around campus
Jon Fleck
Capital Times Staff
Pale-green pipes and three dark
smokestacks anchor themselves to the
exterior of the large gray building to the
side of the Olmsted building. Black vans
move in and out regularly. But what
goes on inside the building is what
counts. This is the place that keeps
Penn State Harrisburg warm- the heat
plant.
That eerie-looking building,
reminiscent of something out of the
movie Batman, provides heat and hot
water for the majority of the campus
including the Olmsted building, Science
and Technology building, the Bookstore,
and the CUB, Facilities and Maintenance
Operations Manager Ken Witmer said.
"Large boilers heat water to a high
temperature," Witmer said. "The water
is then piped underground and circulated
throughout the buildings."
Witmer said the building is as big as
it is because it was a coal-fired facility
when the Air Force owned this property
30 years ago, and needed ample space for
coal storage in the the upper floors. -The
Air Force also provided heat for the
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Fruehauf plant and expected to expand
the base.
The heat plant no longer provides
heat or hot water for the dormitories or
dining hall. They now have indvidual
gas fire boilers, Winner said. He said
the plant was having difficulty meeting
the hot water needs of the dorms and
dining halls because in the dorms alone
from 7-8 a.m. each morning students use
1,000 gallons of water.
The 30 year-old underground pipes
also began losing heat because of their
age and a breakdown of the insulation
surrounding the lines.
Heat loss from the pipes is not yet a
problem with other buidings because the
water travels a shorter distance and
doesn't lose as much heat. But an
engineering firm has the problem under
study, Witmer said. Digging up the old
pipes and reinsulating them or installing
individual boilers in each building are
two options under consideration.
The ash storage silos on the side of
the building and the area where trucks
would back into to haul the ashes away
are no longer used due to the elimination
of coal as a heat source, Witmer said.
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building's characteristics lend themselves
to being developed for academic
purposes,"
An inspection by the university's
insurance carrier may also require
additional fire protection measures, such
as the installation of sprinklers. "A
sprinkler system wouldn't cause a major
delay in opening," .said South.
A fire enunciator panel may also have
to be relocated from the building's
mechanical room to the main lobby to
January 25,1991 CAPITAL TIMES
meet fire codes. An enunciator panel
indicates the location of an activated
alarm pull-box, allowing responding
firefighters to quickly locate the
problem.
The Eastgate Center is a three-story
facility situated on a 2.5 acre plot north
of the Capitol Complex. The first level
contains 146 off-street parking spaces,
while the second and thinl levels provide
offices and classroom facilities.
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