BUFFER SYSTEM FOR MINING DEEP SEAFLOOR MINERAL RESOURCE

Disclosed is a buffer system for mining a deep seafloor mineral resource. The buffer system includes a hopper part that introduces and stores a crushed mineral resource to discharge the crushed mineral resource upward, a first pipe that communicates with an upper portion of the hopper part to introd...

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Main Authors YEU TAE-KYEONG, HONG SUP, KIM HYUNG-WOO, CHOI JONG-SU, MIN CHEON-HONG
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.04.2015
Subjects
DREDGING
EARTH DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POSTAL SORTING
SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS
SOIL SHIFTING
SORTING
SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Disclosed is a buffer system for mining a deep seafloor mineral resource. The buffer system includes a hopper part that introduces and stores a crushed mineral resource to discharge the crushed mineral resource upward, a first pipe that communicates with an upper portion of the hopper part to introduce the mineral resource, a feeder part provided under the hopper part to discharge the mineral resources upward, a second pipe that communicates with the feeder part and lifts the mineral resource, a hydraulic part provided under the hopper part to convert power received from a surface boat into hydraulic power to operate at least one actuator and a driving motor to introduce the mineral resource into the first pipe, and a structure frame coupled to a lifting pipe to transmit an external load applied to the buffer system, and constituting an external frame of the buffer system to protect internal units.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414512989