II. Designing Procedure:
There are a number of approaches that can be taken towards wind turbine design, and there are many issues that must be considered. This section outlines the steps in one approach. The following sections provide more details on those steps. The key design steps include the following [Manwell and others, 2002]:
1. Determine application
2. Preliminary loads estimate
3. Develop tentative design
4. Predict performance
5. Evaluate design
6. Estimate costs and cost of energy
7. Design production machine