Distributed deep sea mining system

Abstract

The present invention provides a distributed deep sea mining system. The distributed deep sea mining system comprises a central supporting platform floating on the water surface, a plurality of satellite mining lifting systems working below the water surface and a plurality of subsea mining collectors, wherein the central supporting platform and the satellite mining lifting systems are flexibly connected, each of the satellite mining lifting systems is connected with the subsea mining collectors, the central supporting platform coordinates the satellite mining lifting systems to combine and work together underwater, each of the satellite mining lifting system separately manages the multiple subsea mining collectors connected with each of the satellite mining lifting system to combine and work together, each of the subsea mining collectors transports collected ore to the central supporting platform through one satellite mining lifting system correspondingly connected with each of the subsea mining collectors. The distributed deep sea mining system realizes that a set of central supporting platforms supports the multiple sets of satellite mining lifting systems and the multiple mining collectors to operate simultaneously through the distributed cluster operation mode, and the operation efficiency is high; and the satellite mining lifting systems can work underwater and adapt to the bad sea conditions.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of underwater mining equipment, in particular to a distributed multi-mineral deep-sea mining system and method. Background technique [0002] The ocean is rich in mineral resources. With the continuous development of land resources, more and more countries have turned their resource development to the deep sea. The core problem of the deep-sea mineral resource mining system is how to collect the ore from the seabed with the highest efficiency, lift it to the sea surface, and transport it to the port after dehydration. [0003] The basic form of the existing deep sea mining scheme is that there is a mining support mother ship on the sea surface, and the mining support mother ship deploys a crawler or slipper self-propelled mining machine to the seabed, and the pump returns the pipeline between the mining machine and the sea surface support mother ship. The mining system is connected, and the collected miner...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The existing solutions have the following disadvantages: (1) One mining ship supports one mining system, resulting in low efficiency; (2) It is impossible to quickly evacuate when a sea storm comes

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