Study on design and material selection of a Spur Gear pair utilized in renewable energy devices

The main aim of this project is the modeling and the studying of the static stresses on spur gears of different materials for a mechanical solar tracker. It is worth mentioning that, Solar energy is a vast source of directly usable energy in order to generates other energy resources such as biomass, wind, hydropower, and wave power. Solar power is the major primary source of energy that can meet human needs in the future. Furthermore, Gears are mechanisms that transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another by matching up teeth together. In a mechanical power transmission unit and their durability led to their selection as a mechanical component in the tracking mechanism. this project dedicated investigation on design and analysis of two important characteristics of gears, e.g. the radius and the number of teeth.

Keywords:

solar energy , Gear , spur gear , energy harvesting , renewable energy