Cabled shuttle ore hauling submersible for deep sea mining and operation method thereof

• Main Authors: YANG QINGSONG, WANG LEI, CHEN XIAOPING, YANG SHENSHEN, DU XINGUANG, CAO JUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 05.06.2020
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS; MINING; MINING OR QUARRYING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a cabled shuttle ore hauling submersible for deep sea mining and an operation method thereof. The submersible comprises a carrier frame, the interior of the carrier frame is divided into a buoyancy material arrangement area, an adjustable ballast water tank arrangement area, an equipment arrangement area and a cargo hold area, and an ore pulp cutter suction mechanical armis installed at the front part of the bow of the carrier frame; and a pumping head of the ore pulp cutter suction mechanical arm feeds ore pulp into the cargo hold area through an ore pulp pump. During operation, the shuttle ore hauling submersible is in a cabled mode, so that the influence of hard pipes of a pipeline lifting system on an operation mother ship and a mining robot is avoided; electric power and control problems are solved, and the operation capability of the submersible is improved; the cutter suction mechanical arm is adopted to self-suck minerals to the ore bin, underwater butt joint operation of the