Deep-sea mining system

Abstract

The invention provides a deep sea mining system which comprises a water surface supporting ship and a seabed mining vehicle, a water inlet of an ore collecting box of the seabed mining vehicle is connected with one end of a conveying hose, and the other end of the conveying hose is connected with a conveying pump installed on the water surface supporting ship. An ore outlet of an ore collecting box of the seabed mining vehicle is connected with one end of a lifting hose, and the other end of the lifting hose is connected with a lifting pump mounted on the water surface supporting ship; the conveying pump conveys seawater into the ore collecting box of the seabed mining vehicle through the conveying hose, the seawater is mixed with mineral resources in the ore collecting box, and the lifting pump lifts the seawater mixed with the mineral resources to the water surface supporting ship through the lifting hose. The deep-sea mining system is simple in structure, clear in working process, capable of achieving mining of deep-sea mineral resources and capable of being widely used and popularized.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of deep sea mining technology, in particular a deep sea mining system. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of the world economy, the demand for mineral resources is getting bigger and bigger, and the vast ocean is rich in mineral resources, with a large number of reserves, high taste, and huge development and utilization prospects. [0003] At present, the world's application extensive deep sea mining system mainly adopts the model of "mining vehicle + hose + intermediate warehouse + hard tube + mixing pump", the water surface support is connected to the middle of the sea, the submarine mining car / intermediate warehouse There is a hose pump, which collects the mining train to transport the mine transport into the middle warehouse; or use the submarine mining vehicle to support the boat directly through the hose and the water surface, cancel the intermediate position. [0004] This system...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] This system mainly has the following problems: 1. When laying hard pipes, a single hard pipe needs to be threaded and then lowered, and the lowering speed is too slow; High structural strength requirements; 3. The mining vehicle / intermediate warehouse is equipped with a pump. When the pump encounters a fault such as blockage and needs to be repaired, it is necessary to completely recover the mining vehicle / intermediate warehouse. The recovery speed is very slow, and The process is complicated; 4. When the mining vehicle encounters an obstacle, the driving speed is slow, the obstacle avoidance ability is not strong, and the speed of the overall system linkage is slow, which affects the mining efficiency; The connection of the intermediate warehouse, the decentralization process is more complicated

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