SUBSEA CONTAINER TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR DEEP-SEA MINING

A mining system includes: a vessel for processing mined ore, an upper platform coupled with the vessel, a lower platform supported by the ocean floor, a number of transport cables which extend between the upper and lower platform, and a container for containing ore which container is fixedly coupled...

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Main Authors LUCIEER, Pieter Abraham, STOFFERS, Harmen Derk, DE JONGE, Laurens Jan
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.02.2018
Subjects
CONVEYING
EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
RELATED EQUIPMENT
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A mining system includes: a vessel for processing mined ore, an upper platform coupled with the vessel, a lower platform supported by the ocean floor, a number of transport cables which extend between the upper and lower platform, and a container for containing ore which container is fixedly coupled to a container transporting cable such that the container moves vertically with the container transporting cable to transport the container in a container trajectory extending between the upper and lower platform.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140758687