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ABSTRACT:
====The purpose of this study was to determine what shape of wind turbine blade can produce the largest amount of v (volts). Electricity is a form of energy that is the result of the existence of charged particles, such as electrons and protons, and wind turbines use wind energy to generate electricity. For this experiment, three different shapes of wind turbine blades were cut out of Styrofoam and placed on a model wind turbine: rectangular, triangular, and curved blades (see Figure 6). The curved blades generated the largest amount of v, the rectangular blades generated a smaller amount of v, and the triangular blades generated the smallest amount of v. The wind turbine blades that were larger in width and length were able to capture more wind on the blades’ surfaces, and this caused more lift power to be created to allow the blades to revolve faster and generate more electricity.====

EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS
====An improvement that could be made to these experiments is to increase their level of creativity. The most creative experiment that was executed was the heating of the wind turbine blades under a heat lamp and the cooling of the wind turbine blades in a freezer, and then attaching the heated and cooled blades to the wind turbine. It was believed that this experiment was interesting, but there are plenty more experiments pertaining to wind turbines that are much more creative than this one. Also, if my experiments were more creative, they would appeal to more people and would persuade people to learn more about this topic. A future experiment that could be conducted is to see if the number of blades on a wind turbine effects how much electricity is generated. This experiment idea would actually be a more important topic in the production of electricity through wind turbines, and the reason for this is that research shows that the number of wind turbine blades can greatly affect how much or how little electricity is generated by the wind turbine.====

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