JP2017166319A - Underwater resource recovery equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A novel underwater resource recovery apparatus and recovery method that do not affect the surrounding environment at all are provided. A water discharge opening at the lower part of the water surface is provided at the upper part of one end, and a resource recovery opening for collecting biological or plant resources in water or mining organic or inorganic resources is provided at the lower part of the other end. An underwater resource recovery apparatus and an underwater resource recovery method, wherein the resource recovery structure circulates seawater, lake water, or river water of the resource recovery structure to collect or mine resources from the resource recovery opening. [Selection figure] None

Description

  The present invention relates to an underwater resource recovery apparatus provided with a resource recovery structure. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is used to collect or mine biological resources or plant resources or organic resources or inorganic resources in the sea, lakes, and rivers, or to collect biological resources or plant resources or organic resources in the seabed, lake bottom, and river bottom. Or it can be applied to the mining of inorganic resources.

  Japan is the 60th largest country in the world, but Japan's exclusive economic area is the sixth largest in the world. In particular, it is necessary to effectively utilize organic or inorganic resources on the seabed. However, a riser system (special 4427441) used when excavating the seabed ground and an underwater long pipe (utility model registration 2593664) having a bellows suspended from an offshore structure floating on the sea have been proposed. There is a problem in environmental destruction and so on, and it has not been put into practical use yet.

Special 4427441 Utility model registration 2593664

  An object of the present invention is to provide a novel underwater resource recovery apparatus and recovery method that solves the above-described problems and does not affect the surrounding environment at all.

The present invention has a lower water discharge opening on the upper surface of one end and a resource recovery opening for collecting biological or plant resources in water or mining organic or inorganic resources at the lower end of the other end. Provided is an underwater resource recovery apparatus and an underwater resource recovery method characterized in that the resource recovery structure circulates seawater, lake water, or river water of the resource recovery structure to collect or mine resources from the resource recovery opening. Is.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the underwater resource recovery device has an air discharge opening at the upper end of one end and a lower water discharge opening on the water surface, and has a resource recovery opening at the lower end of the other end for collecting or mining resources. A recovery structure, an internal member whose specific gravity for closing the water discharge opening is smaller than water when the water surface inside the resource recovery structure is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery structure, and a natural energy power generation means, Air exhaust means connected to the air discharge opening and exhausting the air above the internal member in the resource recovery structure by the natural energy power generation means, the upper air in the resource recovery structure being the air Exhaust by the discharge means, and move the water surface in the resource recovery structure above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure, and move the internal member to the upper part in the resource recovery structure. With the opening open, seawater, lake water, or river water is discharged from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery structure, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward. A gas obtained by circulating seawater, lake water or river water in the resource recovery structure to collect or mine the resource in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening and vaporize methane hydrate from the air discharge opening. It is characterized by collect | recovering.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 2 is provided with an air discharge opening and a lower water discharge opening on the upper surface of one end, and closes the resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources and the resource recovery opening. A resource recovery structure having a resource opening closing means at the lower part of the other end; a holding member for holding an upper part of one end of the resource recovery structure; and a water storage means for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening. A floating structure, an internal member that closes the water discharge opening when the water surface inside the resource recovery structure is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery structure, and a natural energy power generation means; An air exhaust means connected to the air discharge opening for exhausting the air above the internal member in the resource recovery structure by the natural energy power generation means; and an imaging hand provided at the lower part of the resource recovery structure And a display means that is provided at the upper end of the resource recovery structure and displays the output of the imaging means. The display means detects a resource below the resource recovery structure and also uses the air exhaust means to detect the resource. By exhausting the air above the internal member in the recovery structure, the water surface in the resource recovery structure is moved above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure to move the internal member in the resource recovery structure. The water discharge opening is opened by moving it to the upper part of the water discharge port, and seawater, lake water or river water is discharged from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery structure. The resource is collected in the resource recovery structure by inserting the resource detected by gradually moving lake water or river water to the upper part and circulating the lake water or river water. After collecting the air discharge opening from the methane hydrate vaporized gas while drilling, and collecting the resource by capturing the resource.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 3 is provided with an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom of the water surface, and a resource recovery opening having a small inner and outer diameter for efficiently collecting or mining resources. A resource recovery structure having a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the lower part of the other end, and a water surface penetrating through the upper part of the resource recovery structure and the water surface outside the resource recovery structure. An internal member having a smaller specific gravity than water for closing the water discharge opening, and an air exhaust unit connected to the air discharge opening and exhausting air above the internal member in the resource recovery structure. The air exhaust means moves the water surface in the resource recovery structure upward from the water surface outside the resource recovery structure by exhausting the air above the internal member of the resource recovery structure. Is moved to the upper part in the resource recovery structure to open the water discharge opening, and discharge seawater, lake water or river water from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery structure. The seawater or lake water or river water in the recovery structure is gradually moved upward to circulate, and resources are efficiently collected in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening with a small inner and outer diameter near the seabed, lake bottom, or river bottom. Alternatively, after mining and collecting the gas vaporized by methane hydrate from the air discharge opening, the resource opening is closed by the resource opening closing means, the resource is captured and the resource is recovered. .
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the upper part of the resource recovery structure has an inner and outer diameter larger than that of the lower part, and the lower part overlaps with a plurality of adjustable lengths so that the inner and outer diameters increase toward the lower part. It is comprised with a small pipe | tube, It is an underwater resource mining apparatus of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the upper part of the resource recovery structure has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part is configured by a bellows tube whose length is adjustable and the inner and outer diameters are small. It is an underwater resource mining device of Claims 1-3.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the upper part of the resource recovery structure has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the middle part of the resource recovery structure is a flexible or flexible tube having a small inner and outer diameter. It is an underwater resource mining device of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the resource recovery structure is configured such that the resource recovery structure, the length of which is adjustable, is again overlapped and recovered. Mining equipment.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 8 is the underwater resource mining device according to claim 5, wherein the resource is recovered by setting the bellows tube to a short state again.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the resource recovery structure has a resource recovery opening and a lower resource recovery structure having an adjustable length, and a water discharge opening at a lower portion on the sea surface, the lake surface, or the river surface. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the resource recovery structure is combined at the time of laying in a two-part configuration of an upper resource recovery structure.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the resource recovery structure includes a ridge just below the water discharge opening and is held by a floating structure on the sea, on a lake, or on a river. Item 10. The underwater resource recovery device according to any one of Items 2 to 9.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a hook is connected to a lower portion of the resource recovery structure, and a resource in the lower portion of the resource recovery structure is captured in the resource recovery structure, and then the resource is received via the wedge. The underwater according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein a lower part of the recovery structure is moved to the sea surface, a lake surface, or a river surface and the captured resource is recovered by transferring the resource recovery structure. It is a resource recovery device.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 12, wherein an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening in the vicinity of the central portion, a central pipe having a held portion on one side, a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources, and the resource recovery A resource recovery structure comprising a resource opening closing means for closing the opening at an end, and a one-sided tube located on one side of the central tube and a second bellows tube located on the other side of the central tube and extendable and contracted by a bellows An internal penetrating member that penetrates the inside of the central pipe and closes the water discharge opening, and has a specific gravity smaller than that of water, and holds the held portion of the resource recovery structure, and places the resource recovery structure in a horizontal position. Or a floating structure that moves the resource recovery opening to a vertical position near the seabed, lake bottom, or riverbed, and the resource recovery structure pipe contains water and air when it is in a horizontal position and folds the other bellows pipe After the resource times The structure is moved to a vertical position to move the resource recovery opening to a vertical position near the seabed, lake bottom, or river bottom, and the air above the internal penetrating member is exhausted from the air discharge opening in the resource recovery structure. By moving the water surface in the resource recovery structure above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure and moving the internal penetrating member to the upper portion in the resource recovery structure, the water discharge opening is opened. The seawater, lake water, or river water is discharged out of the resource recovery structure from the water discharge opening and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward to recover the resource. By circulating seawater, lake water or river water in the structure, resources are collected or mined in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening, and methane is extracted from the air discharge opening. After Hydrate were recovered gas vaporized, and recovering the resources that captured moving again horizontal position the resource recovery structure.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 13 includes an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening in the vicinity of the central portion, a central pipe having a held portion on one side, a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources, and the resource recovery A resource recovery structure comprising a resource opening closing means for closing the opening at an end, and a one-sided tube located on one side of the central tube and a second bellows tube located on the other side of the central tube and extendable and contracted by a bellows An internal penetrating member that penetrates the inside of the central pipe and closes the water discharge opening, and has a specific gravity smaller than that of water, and holds the held portion of the resource recovery structure, and places the resource recovery structure in a horizontal position. Alternatively, the floating structure provided with an angle changing means for moving the resource recovery opening to a vertical position near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom and changing the angle with the water surface a little, and imaging provided at the lower part of the resource recovery structure Means and And a display means for displaying the output of the imaging means provided in the central tube of the resource recovery structure, and when the resource recovery structure is in a horizontal position, water and air are contained therein and the other bellows tube is folded. After that, the resource recovery structure is moved to a vertical position so that the resource recovery opening is moved to a vertical position near the seabed, lake bottom, or river bottom, and the angle with the water surface of the resource recovery structure is slightly changed by the angle changing means. Then, by detecting the resource near the resource recovery opening by the display means and exhausting the air above the internal penetrating member from the air discharge opening in the resource recovery structure, the water surface in the resource recovery structure Is moved upward from the water surface outside the resource recovery structure to move the internal penetrating member to an upper part in the resource recovery structure, thereby opening the water discharge opening. Seawater, lake water, or river water is discharged out of the resource recovery structure from the water discharge opening, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward so that the inside of the resource recovery structure The resources detected from the resource recovery opening were collected or mined in the resource recovery structure by circulating the seawater, lake water, or river water, and the gas vaporized by methane hydrate was recovered from the air discharge opening. Thereafter, the captured resource is recovered by moving the resource recovery structure to a horizontal position again.
15. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the central tube has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower portion, and the lower portion of the one-side tube of the resource recovery structure can be adjusted in length and overlapped in layers. It is comprised with a pipe | tube with a small diameter, It is an underwater resource mining apparatus as described in any one of Claims 12-13 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 15 is the underwater resource recovery device according to any one of claims 2 to 14, wherein the floating structure is movable.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 16 is the underwater resource recovery device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein an inner and outer diameter of the lowermost part of the resource recovery structure is reduced.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 17, wherein an inner and outer diameter of the lowermost part of the resource recovery structure is made larger than an upper part of the lowermost part and an inner and outer diameter of the uppermost part of the lowermost part is made smaller. The underwater resource recovery device according to any one of 15.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising resource excavation means for excavating the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom in the lower part, the outer part, or the lower part of the resource recovery structure near the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom. It is an underwater resource collection | recovery apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-17.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 19 is the underwater resource recovery device according to claim 18, wherein the resource recovery structure includes a moving means for moving the resource excavation means.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising a nodule crushing means for crushing the nodule of the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed at the lower part, the outer part, or the lower part and the outside of the resource recovery structure near the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed. It is an underwater resource collection | recovery apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-17 characterized by these.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the lower, outer or lower part of the resource recovery structure and the external resource excavation means or resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are sealed in an external housing having a lower opening. It is built-in, It is an underwater resource collection | recovery apparatus as described in any one of Claims 18-20 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 22, wherein the resource excavation means or the resource crushing means is operated by an external operation member that is adjustable in length and capable of operating the lower part of the resource recovery structure. It is an underwater resource mining device as described in any one of -20.
24. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the resource excavation means or the resource pulverization means is sealed in an external housing having an upper portion penetrated by the lower portion of the resource recovery structure and the external operation member and having a lower opening. The underwater resource mining device according to claim 22, wherein the underwater resource mining device is incorporated.
25. The resource recovery apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the resource excavation means or the resource crushing means moves relative to each other in the external enclosure to excavate or crush the resources. Device.
The underwater resource recovery device according to claim 25 is the underwater resource recovery device according to any one of claims 2 to 24, wherein the floating structure is movable.
The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 26 is an underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 26, comprising a power generation means and a storage means for natural energy, and the floating structure is moved by the electric power.

A biological resource, plant resource, organic material resource, or inorganic material resource in the sea, lake, or river is collected from the resource recovery opening in the resource recovery structure, or a biological resource, plant resource, organic material resource in the vicinity of the seabed, lake, or riverbed, or Since inorganic resources are collected or mined in the resource recovery structure, and the collected or mined resources are captured in the resource recovery structure and only circulation of seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure. There is no effect on the surrounding environment.
Further, the resource recovery opening of the resource recovery structure can be moved to the sea surface, the lake surface or the vicinity of the river surface, and the captured resource can be recovered by moving the resource recovery structure in the horizontal direction.

A first embodiment of an underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is an embodiment of collecting an underwater biological resource, plant resource, organic material resource, or inorganic material resource. As a resource recovery structure, for example, a circular resource is provided with a resource recovery opening at the top and a resource recovery opening for collecting resources in the sea, lakes or rivers, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the bottom of the other end. A recovery pipe, a holding member that holds an upper portion of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe, and a detachable water tank that stores water discharged from the water discharge opening, and the circular resource recovery pipe The floating structure having an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle with the water surface, and the water discharge when the internal water surface is the same as the water surface outside the circular resource recovery tube through the circular resource recovery tube for A circular internal penetrating member as a circular internal member having a specific opening smaller than water and having a central opening, a natural energy power generation means such as wind power generation, and the circular internal portion of the circular resource recovery pipe connected to the air discharge opening Air exhaust means for exhausting the air above the penetrating member by the natural energy power generation means, imaging means and light emitting means provided at the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe, and provided at the upper end of the circular resource recovery pipe. Display means for displaying the output of the imaging means, the angle changing means slightly changes the angle with the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe, and the display means detects the resources under the circular resource recovery pipe The water surface in the circular resource recovery pipe is exhausted by the air exhaust means by exhausting the air above the circular internal penetrating member in the circular resource recovery pipe. The circular internal recovery member is moved upward from the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe to move the circular internal penetrating member to an upper part in the circular resource recovery pipe, and the water discharge opening is opened to open seawater or water from the water discharge opening. The lake water or river water is discharged out of the circular resource recovery pipe and stored in the water tank, and the seawater, lake water or river water in the circular resource recovery pipe is gradually moved to the upper part and circulated. The resource inserted through the resource recovery opening is collected or mined in the circular resource recovery pipe and the gas evaporated from methane hydrate is recovered from the air discharge opening, and then the resource recovery opening is opened by the resource opening closing means. Close and capture the resource, move the resource recovery opening of the circular resource recovery pipe to the sea surface, lake surface or river vicinity and move the circular resource recovery pipe horizontally. The captured resource is recovered.

The second embodiment of the underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention collects biological resources or plant resources such as sea urchins such as sea urchins near the sea bottom, lake bottom or river bottom, or mine organic resources such as methane hydrate or inorganic resources such as rare metals. In the embodiment, an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom above the water surface are provided at the top, and a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources on the sea bottom, lake bottom or river bottom and the resource recovery opening are provided. As a resource recovery structure having a resource opening closing means for closing at the lower part of the other end, for example, a circular resource recovery pipe, a holding member for holding the upper part of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe, and the water discharge opening A floating structure having an detachable water storage tank for storing the water to be stored and an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle with the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe; As a circular inner member penetrating through the inside of the circular resource recovery pipe and having a central opening with a specific gravity smaller than that of water and closing the water discharge opening when the internal water surface is the same as the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe A circular internal penetrating member, a natural energy generating means such as wind power generation, and an air exhausting means connected to the air discharge opening and exhausting the air above the circular internal penetrating member in the circular resource recovery pipe by the natural energy generating means Imaging means and light emitting means provided at the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe, and display means provided at the upper end of the circular resource recovery pipe for displaying the output of the imaging means. The angle of the circular resource recovery pipe with respect to the water surface is slightly changed by means of the above, and the resource at the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe is detected by the display means, and the circular shape is detected by the air exhaust means. By exhausting the air above the circular internal penetrating member in the source recovery pipe, the water surface in the circular resource recovery pipe is moved upward from the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe, so that the circular internal penetrating member is Move to the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe, open the water discharge opening, discharge seawater, lake water or river water from the water discharge opening to the outside of the circular resource recovery pipe and store it in the reservoir At the same time, the seawater, lake water or river water in the circular resource recovery pipe is gradually moved to the upper part and circulated to collect or mine the resource inserted from the resource recovery opening in the circular resource recovery pipe. After the gas vaporized by methane hydrate is recovered from the air discharge opening, the resource recovery opening is closed by the resource opening closing means to capture the resource and for the circular resource recovery The resource recovery opening of the pipe is moved to the sea surface, the lake surface or the vicinity of the river surface, and the circular resource recovery pipe is moved in the horizontal direction to collect the captured resource.

Before laying the circular resource recovery pipe in the sea, in the lake, in the river, or on the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed, the circular resource recovery pipe is connected to the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe and filled with seawater, lake water, or river water. The lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe is laid in the sea, in the lake, in the river, or on the seabed, the lake bottom, and the riverbed.
In the case of a deep seabed or lake bottom, one embodiment of the circular resource recovery pipe is, for example, a circular resource recovery having a length of 1 kilometer and adjustable in length, and the inner and outer diameters are overlapped in multiple layers. Consists of pipes, measures the depth of the seabed or lake bottom from the sea or lake before laying, and makes the circular resource recovery pipes that overlap several times the measured length of the seabed or lake bottom and the circular The seawater or the lake water is filled in the resource recovery pipe, and the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe is laid down to the seabed or the lake bottom.
Further, in the case of a deep seabed or lake bottom, another embodiment of the circular resource recovery pipe is, for example, a circular shape that can be adjusted to a length of 1 kilometer, and the inner and outer diameters are overlapped in multiple layers with increasing depth. The resource recovery pipe and the central part are adjustable in length and the inner and outer diameters of the shaft are overlapped with each other. The circular resource recovery is overlapped with the overlapping shaft. The lower part of the pipe reaches the bottom of the sea or lake and is laid to the bottom of the sea, lake or river.
In the first and second embodiments, the capacity of the water that moves the water surface in the circular resource recovery pipe to a position above the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe is compared with the capacity of the water discharged from the water discharge opening. Increase the inner shape of the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe as much as possible. In addition, the stopper which restrict | limits the movement of the said circular internal penetration member which comprises a center opening is provided in the said circular resource collection pipe | tube, and the amount of water discharged | emitted from the said water discharge opening is restrict | limited. The upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part gradually reduces the inner and outer diameters of the circular resource recovery pipe intermediate part, and the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe is the lowermost part. The inner and outer diameters of the resource recovery opening are made small enough to allow biological resources or mineral nodules to pass through. If it is made smaller, the circulating water flow can be accelerated, and the efficiency of sampling or mining is good. A configuration in which a plurality of the resource recovery openings are provided at the lowermost part of the circular resource recovery pipe is also conceivable.
The resource recovery opening is sealed in a casing having a lower opening, except for the lower part, so that it does not affect the environment during sampling or mining.
The lowermost part is a circular enclosure with a lower area and a lower opening. The inner part and outer diameter are small enough to allow biological resources or mineral nodules to pass through the lowermost part. It is possible to increase the area of extraction or mining.
A closing means for closing the resource recovery opening is provided immediately above the resource recovery opening having a reduced inner and outer diameter, and the collected or mined resources are captured.
A floating structure on the sea, lake, or river that includes means for holding the upper part of one end of the circular resource recovery pipe and slightly changing the angle with the water surface, and an angle with the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe It is possible to change the sampling location in the sea, lake, or river, or the sampling location or mining location in the sea bottom, lake bottom, or river bottom.
The circular resource recovery tube includes an imaging unit and a light emitting unit at a lower part of the circular resource recovery tube, and a display unit that displays an output of the imaging unit at an upper end portion of the circular resource recovery tube. If changed, it becomes possible to display the status of the resource at the sampling location in the sea, in the lake, or in the river, or on the bottom of the sea, in the lake bottom, or at the bottom of the river, or at the mining location.
The floating structure on the sea, on the lake, or on the river may include a power generation unit and a power storage unit of natural energy such as wind power, sunlight, and wave power, and may be configured to move by the power.
Resources can be easily extracted by providing resource excavation means or resource crushing means for excavating or crushing resources at the bottom or outside near the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe, the bottom of the river, or the river bottom, or at the bottom and outside. Further, the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are sealed in a casing having a lower opening except for the lower part. Therefore, the excavated or crushed chips are sealed in the casing, and the mining efficiency is mined by the fast water flow circulated by the resource recovery opening having a small inner and outer diameter, so that the surrounding environment is not affected.
An embodiment in which the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part and the middle part of the circular resource recovery pipe is a flexible or flexible pipe having a small inner and outer diameter, the circular resource recovery pipe An embodiment in which the inner and outer diameters of the upper part of the pipe are made larger than the lower part, and the length is adjusted by a pipe having a smaller inner and outer diameter as the lower part overlaps the circular resource collection pipes and goes to the lower part. An embodiment of the bellows tube in which the inner and outer diameters of the upper part of the pipe are larger than the lower part and the length of the lower part of the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe is adjusted to the lower part can be implemented. In the case of the example, the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means is operated by an operating member that can be adjusted in length and can operate the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe.
In that case, the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means is hermetically sealed in a casing having an opening that is penetrated by the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe and the external operation member, and the excavated or crushed resources, etc. Water that is mined in the circular resource recovery pipe through the resource recovery opening and discharged from the water discharge opening of the circular resource recovery pipe is stored in a detachable water storage tank, which affects the surrounding environment. Absent.
When the resource excavation means is provided at the bottom of the circular resource recovery pipe at the bottom of the seabed or lake bottom or near the riverbed, the resource excavation means is configured to move, for example, on the slope from the top of a seamount in a relatively shallow sea area. In particular, a cobalt-rich craft having a high cobalt content is excavated, and the inorganic resources of the cobalt-rich craft are precipitated on the bottom surface of the circular resource recovery pipe through the resource recovery opening. Even when mining organic resources such as methane hydrate organic resources, rare earth mud, seawater hydrothermal deposits, etc., the resource is deposited on the bottom surface of the circular resource recovery pipe. When mining methane hydrate organic matter resources, it is also possible to implement a configuration in which an electric cooling device is provided on the lower surface of the circular resource recovery pipe.
Moreover, when the organic substance resource of methane hydrate is vaporized, the vaporized methane hydrate is recovered through the central opening of the circular internal penetrating member.
The air exhaust means exhausts the air above the circular internal penetrating member with, for example, electric power of natural energy such as wind power, sunlight, and wave power.
Circular resource recovery pipe so that the capacity of water for moving the water surface in the circular resource recovery pipe to a position above the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe is relatively larger than the capacity of water discharged from the water discharge opening. If the inner shape of the upper part is made, air will not be inserted from the water discharge opening. Even if air is inserted, the circular internal penetrating member has a central opening. Therefore, when the circular internal penetrating member is moved to the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe, the sea surface in the circular resource recovery pipe or It is possible to suck air inserted from the water discharge opening through the lake surface or river surface and the lower surface of the circular internal penetrating member through the central opening. In addition, when the resource is mixed in the water discharged | emitted from the said water discharge opening, the said resource is collect | recovered from the said water tank.
Although the circular resource recovery pipe has been described in the embodiment with the outer diameter being circular, any shape such as a square can be used.

The circular resource recovery pipe is provided with a trough just below the water discharge opening, and is held by the annular floating structure through a circular hole of the annular floating structure on the sea surface, lake surface or river surface, for example. Is possible. The circular resource recovery pipe has a resource recovery opening and a lower circular resource recovery pipe whose length can be adjusted, and an upper circular resource recovery pipe having a water discharge opening at the lower part of the surface of the sea surface, lake surface or river surface. A structure in which the circular resource recovery pipe is coupled at the time of laying in a two-body structure is also possible, and a structure in which the annular floating member is moved by, for example, natural energy power is also possible.

Recovery of the collected or mined resources is connected to a resource recovery ship via the air discharge opening and bellows pipe, and the circular resource recovery pipe is filled with air and the collected or mined resources and seawater or lake water via the wedge. In this state, after the circular resource recovery pipe is floated on the sea, the lake, or the river, the circular resource recovery pipe is moved horizontally on the sea surface, the lake surface, or the river surface, and the circular resource recovery pipe is transferred to the transfer site. And recover resources.
If the bottom of the sea or lake is deep, connecting the wedge to the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe collects resources in the sea or lake in the circular resource recovery pipe, or resources near the sea floor or lake bottom in the circular resource recovery pipe The gas recovery opening was closed, the resource recovery opening was closed, and the resources below the circular resource recovery pipe were captured in the circular resource recovery pipe, and the gas from which methane hydrate was vaporized was recovered from the air discharge opening. Thereafter, a container having the same volume as the circular resource recovery pipe is connected to the air discharge opening, or connected to a resource recovery ship via the air discharge opening and a bellows pipe, and air is collected into the circular resource recovery pipe or The circular resource recovery pipe is floated on the sea or on the lake through the wedge in a state filled with the mined resource and seawater or lake water. At that time, the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part gradually reduces the inner and outer diameters of the intermediate part of the circular resource recovery pipe. The weight of the intermediate portion is reduced, and it is easy to pull up when floating through the clasp. Thereafter, the circular resource recovery pipe moves in the horizontal direction on the sea surface or the lake surface, and the circular resource recovery pipe can be transferred to a transfer place to recover the resources.
The circular resource recovery pipe having a plurality of overlapping pipes, the length of which can be adjusted and the inner and outer diameters of which are decreased toward the lower part, is recovered again after being overlapped again. In addition, the circular resource recovery pipe, which is composed of a bellows pipe having an adjustable outer length and a smaller inner and outer diameter toward the lower part, is again brought into a short state and then recovered.

  The first embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention includes an air discharge opening from the floating structure and a lower water discharge opening on the water surface at the upper part of one end and a resource recovery opening at the lower part of the other end. For example, a first step of laying a circular resource recovery pipe in the sea, in a lake, in a river, or on the sea bottom, a lake bottom, or a river bottom; and the inner surface of the circular resource recovery pipe passes through the circular resource recovery pipe. At the same time as the outer water surface, the water inside the circular resource recovery pipe is removed from the circular resource recovery pipe by exhausting the air above the circular inner penetrating member whose specific gravity is smaller than that of the water to close the water discharge opening. The circular internal penetrating member is moved to the upper part of the circular resource recovery pipe by moving it above the water surface, and seawater, lake water or river water is discharged from the water discharge opening to a water storage tank outside the circular resource recovery pipe. do it The seawater, lake water or river water in the circular resource recovery pipe is gradually moved to the upper part and circulated to bring the resources in the sea, lake or river, or the sea bottom or lake bottom or river bottom into the circular resource recovery pipe. It comprises a second step of collecting or mining and capturing biological resources, plant resources, or precipitated organic or inorganic resources in the lower part of the circular resource recovery pipe in the circular resource recovery pipe.

  The second embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention includes an air discharge opening from the floating structure and a water discharge opening at the upper and lower portions of the water surface at the upper part of one end and a resource recovery opening at the lower part of the other end. For example, a first step of laying a circular resource recovery pipe in the sea, in a lake, in a river, or to the seabed or lake bottom, and the inner surface of the circular resource recovery pipe penetrates the inside of the circular resource recovery pipe. When the water surface is the same as the water surface, the water inside the circular resource recovery pipe is removed from the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe by exhausting the air above the circular internal penetrating member whose specific gravity is smaller than that of the water to close the water discharge opening. Move the circular inner penetrating member to the upper part in the circular resource recovery pipe by moving it upward, and discharge seawater, lake water or river water from the water discharge opening to a water storage tank outside the circular resource recovery pipe. Circular material By gradually moving the seawater or lake water in the recovery pipe to the upper part and circulating, the resources in the circular resource recovery pipe are collected or mined in the circular resource recovery pipe in the sea, in the lake, in the river, or in the vicinity of the seabed or lake bottom. A second step of capturing biological resources, plant resources, precipitated organic resources or inorganic resources in the lower part of the resource recovery pipe in the circular resource recovery pipe, and substantially the same as the circular resource recovery pipe in the air discharge opening Connected with a container of volume or connected to a resource recovery ship via the air discharge opening and bellows pipe, and filled with air and the collected or mined resources and seawater or lake water in the circular resource recovery pipe A third step of floating the circular resource recovery pipe in a horizontal state on the sea or the lake, and a step of transferring the circular resource recovery pipe capturing the resource to a transfer site. Consisting of the step.

A lower circular resource recovery pipe having a resource recovery opening and adjustable length, and an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening, and an upper circular resource recovery pipe having a ridge just below the water discharge opening. The first step includes adjusting the length of the lower circular resource recovery pipe to adjust the length of the lower circular resource recovery pipe to open the resource recovery opening in the sea, in the lake, in the river, in the sea bottom, in the lake bottom, or in the river bottom. Laying in the vicinity, and laying the upper circular resource recovery pipe from the floating structure and connecting the lower circular resource recovery pipe to the lower circular resource recovery pipe.

The third embodiment of the underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is an embodiment for mining a mineral nodule such as a cobalt nodule, for example, having a large inner and outer diameter as a resource recovery structure, and for discharging water at the bottom of the air discharge opening and the water surface. An opening is provided at the upper part of one end, and a lower part at the other end near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom is provided with a resource recovery opening for efficiently mining a nodule by reducing the inner and outer diameters, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening. A resource collecting pipe, a holding member that holds an upper portion of one end of the resource collecting pipe, and a detachable water storage tank that stores water discharged from the water discharge opening, and the resource collecting pipe A floating structure having an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle with the water surface, and an internal member penetrating the inside of the upper part of the resource recovery pipe and the internal water surface being the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe Previous An internal penetrating member having a specific gravity for closing the water discharge opening, for example, smaller than that of water, natural energy power generation means such as wind power generation, and the air discharging opening connected to the air discharge opening, the air above the internal penetrating member is Air exhaust means for exhausting by natural energy power generation means, imaging means and light emitting means provided at the lower part of the resource recovery pipe, and display means for displaying the output of the imaging means provided at the upper end of the resource recovery pipe; The angle changing means slightly changes the angle with the water surface of the resource recovery pipe, and the display means detects a mineral nodule near the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom, and the air exhaust means The water surface in the resource recovery pipe is moved upward from the water surface outside the resource recovery pipe by exhausting the air above the internal penetrating member, and The part penetrating member is moved to the upper part in the resource recovery pipe, the water discharge opening is opened, and seawater, lake water or river water is discharged from the water discharge opening to the outside of the resource recovery pipe. The mineral nodules detected by slowly moving seawater or lake water or river water in the recovery pipe to the upper part and circulating are efficiently inserted from the resource recovery opening, and the resource opening is closed by the resource opening closing means. Capturing the resources and moving the resource recovery pipe moved in the horizontal direction through the resource recovery opening of the resource recovery pipe toward the sea surface, lake surface or river surface, and recovering the captured resources. And
In addition, when the resource is mixed in the water discharged | emitted from the said water discharge opening, the said resource is collect | recovered from the said water tank.
The floating structure is configured to be movable by electric power generation means and storage means of natural energy.
Provided with resource crushing means for crushing the mineral agglomerates of the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom at the bottom, outside or bottom and outside of the resource recovery pipes near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom, and the resource collection openings having a small inner and outer diameter are provided in the mineral agglomerates. Crush to a size that penetrates. Moreover, since the resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are sealed in the casing through the opening therethrough, except for the lower part, the crushed chips are sealed in the casing and the resource recovery having a small inner and outer diameter is performed. Since the mining efficiency is well mined by the fast water flow circulating through the opening, the surrounding environment is not affected.
The resource recovery pipe includes a moving means for moving a lower part of the resource recovery pipe.
A closing means for closing the resource recovery opening is provided immediately above the reduced inner and outer diameters to capture the collected or mined resources.
In the resource recovery pipe, the upper and lower diameters of the upper part of the resource recovery pipe are larger than those of the lower part, and the lower part overlaps many times, and the inner and outer diameters of the intermediate part of the resource recovery pipe become lower. It is possible to adjust the length with a tube. The resource recovery pipe is a bellows pipe whose upper and lower diameters are larger in inner and outer diameters than in the lower part, and the lower part is a bellows pipe whose inner and outer diameters are smaller as the inner and outer diameters of the intermediate part of the resource recovery pipe are lower. It is possible to configure and adjust the length. The resources can be recovered by making the resource recovery pipes overlapped again and again with multiple pipes that can be adjusted in length and have multiple inner and outer diameters that are smaller in the lower part. Further, the resource is recovered by shortening the resource recovery pipe constituted by the bellows pipe whose length is adjustable and the inner and outer diameters are smaller toward the lower part.

  The second embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention is a mineral nodule resource recovery method having a large inner and outer diameter and a lower water discharge opening on the water surface at the upper part of one end and the other end near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom. At the lower part of the pipe is provided with an angle changing means for holding the upper part of one end of a circular resource recovery pipe having a resource recovery opening for efficiently mining a nodule by reducing the inner and outer diameters and slightly changing the angle with the water surface. The first step of laying from the floating structure on the sea or lake or river to the sea bottom or lake bottom or river bottom, and the angle changing means slightly changing the angle between the water surface of the circular resource recovery pipe and the circular resource recovery. A second step of searching for a mineral nodule by observing the output of the display means for displaying the output of the imaging means provided at the lower part of the pipe for use in the upper end of the circular resource recovery pipe; By exhausting the air above the circular internal penetrating member that penetrates the inside of the collecting pipe and closes the water discharge opening when the internal water surface is the same as the water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe. A third step of moving the circular internal penetrating member to an upper part in the circular resource recovery pipe and moving a water surface in the circular resource recovery pipe to an upper part from a water surface outside the circular resource recovery pipe; Seawater, lake water or river water is discharged from the opening to the outside of the circular resource recovery pipe, and the seawater, lake water or river water in the circular resource recovery pipe is gradually moved upward to circulate the resource recovery opening. A fourth step of collecting or mining resources in the circular resource recovery pipe and capturing them in the circular resource recovery pipe; and a container having a volume substantially equal to that of the circular resource recovery pipe in the air discharge opening. Continuing or connecting to the resource recovery ship through the air discharge opening and the bellows pipe, the circular resource recovery pipe is horizontally placed in the state where the circular resource recovery pipe is filled with air and the collected or mined resources and seawater or lake water. It consists of a fifth step of floating on the sea or lake in the state and a sixth step of transferring the circular resource recovery pipe capturing the resources to a transfer site.

The fourth embodiment of the underwater resource recovery apparatus according to the present invention is an embodiment comprising a stretchable bellows for mining organic resources such as methane hydrate deep in the seabed or near the lake bottom, or inorganic resources such as rare metals. As an air discharge opening, a water discharge opening near the center, a central pipe having a held portion on one side, a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening And a water recovery pipe having one bellows tube that can be expanded and contracted by a bellows and the other bellows tube that can be expanded and contracted by a bellows on the other side, and the water discharge opening that penetrates the inside of the central tube as an internal member. An internal penetrating member having a specific gravity smaller than that of water, a holding member that holds a held portion of the resource recovery pipe, and a detachable water tank that stores water discharged from the water discharge opening, A floating structure for moving the resource recovery pipe to a horizontal position or a vertical position near the seabed or lake bottom, and natural energy power generation such as wind power generation. Means, air exhaust means for exhausting the air above the internal penetrating member in the resource recovery pipe by the natural energy power generation means, imaging means and light emission provided near the resource recovery opening at the lower part of the resource recovery pipe And a display means provided in a central tube portion of the resource recovery pipe for displaying the output of the imaging means, and the resource recovery pipe containing water and air in the horizontal position is connected to the other bellows pipe Is folded and moved to a vertical position to move the resource recovery opening to a vertical position near the seabed or lake bottom, and then the angle changing means makes an angle with the water surface of the resource recovery pipe The water near the resource recovery opening is detected by the display means with a slight change, and the air in the central pipe is exhausted from the air discharge opening in the resource recovery pipe to discharge the water surface in the central pipe. By moving the internal penetrating member upward from the water surface outside the central tube and moving the internal penetrating member upward in the central tube, the water discharge opening is opened, and seawater or lake water is collected from the water discharge opening for the resource recovery. Seawater or lake water in the resource recovery pipe is stored outside the pipe by storing water discharged from the water discharge opening by the water storage tank and gradually moving seawater or lake water in the resource recovery pipe upward. The gas detected through the resource recovery opening is inserted into the resource recovery pipe and the methane hydrate vaporized from the air discharge opening. After the resource is collected, the resource opening closing means is closed to capture the resource, extend the bellows of the other expandable bellows tube at the other end, and move the resource recovery tube to the horizontal position again. The captured resource is recovered.
The central tube has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower one bellows tube, and the inner and outer diameters of the lower one bellows tube are gradually made smaller.
A resource excavating means for excavating the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom, or a nodule crushing means for crushing the nodule are provided below, outside, or below and below the resource recovery pipe near the sea bottom or the lake bottom. Further, the lower part, the outer part or the lower part of the resource recovery pipe and the external resource excavation means or the resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are sealed in the external housing through the opening.

Prior to sampling or mining, the floating structure is held in a horizontal position with water and air contained in the resource recovery pipe, and can be expanded and contracted by the bellows at the other end during sampling or mining. On the other hand, the bellows tube is folded, and the resource collection tube is moved to a vertical position so that the resource collection opening moves the one bellows tube to the sea bottom or the lake bottom. Since the held portion of the central tube is on one side, the water discharge opening is located on the water near the air discharge opening and the central portion. After that, the angle changing means slightly changes the angle with the water surface of the central pipe, and the display means detects resources near the resource recovery opening, and the air above the internal penetrating member in the central pipe is By exhausting from the air discharge opening by the air exhaust means exhausted by the energy power generation means, the water surface in the central tube is moved above the water surface outside the central tube, and the internal penetrating member is moved to the upper portion in the central tube. The water discharge opening is opened, and seawater or lake water is discharged from the resource recovery pipe through the water discharge opening and stored in the water storage tank. Therefore, the seawater or lake water in the resource recovery pipe is gradually moved upward and the seawater or lake water in the resource recovery pipe is circulated to insert the resource detected by the display means into the resource recovery pipe. After the gas vaporized by methane hydrate is recovered from the air discharge opening, the resource opening closing means is closed to capture the resource. The captured resources are housed in the resource recovery pipe, and seawater or lake water discharged from the water discharge opening is stored in the detachable water storage tank, so that the surrounding environment is not affected. After the captured resources are sufficiently stored and stored in the resource recovery pipe and the gas from which methane hydrate is vaporized is recovered from the air discharge opening, before the resource recovery pipe is moved to the horizontal position again, the The water drainage opening of the tube is closed and the bellows of the other bellows tube which can be expanded and contracted at the other end is extended and the one bellows tube having a resource recovery opening at the rear end is moved again to a horizontal position by a chain. The ballast water of the floating structure is controlled to sink the floating structure and the bellows is stretched, and the other bellows pipe air, the resources stored and stored in the one bellows pipe, and seawater or lake water are contained in the seawater or lake. The resource recovery pipe in a state of floating on the water due to buoyancy is floated on seawater or lake water to recover the resource. Since the air discharge opening and the water discharge opening of the central pipe are closed before the resource recovery pipe is moved to the horizontal position again, the surrounding environment is not affected.

  A fourth embodiment of the resource recovery method according to the present invention is an embodiment of a deep seabed or lake bottom, and before the sampling or mining, the floating structure is positioned in a horizontal position with water and air incorporated in the resource recovery pipe. The first bellows tube is held and the other bellows tube, which can be expanded and contracted by the bellows at the other end during folding or mining, is folded, and the one side bellows tube is moved so that the resource recovery opening moves to the seabed or the vicinity of the lake bottom. A second step in which the resource recovery pipe is moved to a vertical position so that the air discharge opening and the water discharge opening in the vicinity of the center are positioned on the water; A third step of detecting a resource in the vicinity of the resource recovery opening by the display means with a slight change, and exhausting air above the internal penetrating member from the air discharge opening in the central pipe; The water surface of the resource recovery pipe is moved upward from the water surface outside the central pipe and the internal penetrating member is moved to the upper part of the central pipe, so that the seawater or lake water in the resource recovery pipe is gradually moved upward. By circulating the seawater or lake water in the pipe, the resource detected by the display means is inserted into the resource collection pipe through the resource collection opening to capture the resource, and the seawater or lake water is collected from the water discharge opening. A fourth step of releasing the water from the resource recovery pipe and storing the water in the water storage tank; and the captured resources are sufficiently stored and stored in the resource recovery pipe, and methane hydrate is vaporized from the air discharge opening. After the collected gas is recovered, the water discharge opening of the central tube is closed before the resource recovery tube is moved to the horizontal position again, and the bellows of the other bellows tube that can be expanded and contracted at the other end. The stretched structure is closed by closing the air discharge opening and moving the one-side bellows tube having a resource recovery opening at the end to a horizontal position by a chain to control the ballast water of the float structure. The resource collection pipe in a state where the air of the other bellows pipe which has been submerged and the bellows is extended, the resource stored in the one bellows pipe and the seawater or the lake water, and floats on the seawater or the lake water by buoyancy. It consists of a fifth step of floating on the water and a sixth step of transferring the resource recovery pipe capturing the resource to a transfer site.

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A resource recovery structure having an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom of the water surface, and having a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources at the bottom of the other end; When the water surface is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery structure, the resource recovery structure is connected to the internal member having a specific gravity smaller than that of water for closing the water discharge opening, natural energy generating means, and the air discharge opening. An air exhaust means for exhausting air in the upper part of the internal member by the natural energy power generation means, and exhausting the upper air in the resource recovery structure by the air exhaust means in the resource recovery structure. By moving the water surface above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure and moving the internal member above the resource recovery structure, the water discharge opening is opened to open the water discharge opening. More seawater or lake water or river water is discharged to the outside of the resource recovery structure, and the seawater or lake water or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward so that the seawater or lake water in the resource recovery structure or An underwater resource characterized by collecting or mining the resource in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening by circulating river water, and recovering gas vaporized by methane hydrate from the air discharge opening Recovery device. An air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom of the water surface are provided, and a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening are provided at the bottom of the other end. A resource recovery structure, a floating member having a holding member that holds an upper part of one end of the resource recovery structure, and water storage means for storing water discharged from the water discharge opening, and the inside of the resource recovery structure When the water surface is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery structure, the resource recovery structure is connected to the internal member having a specific gravity smaller than that of the water for closing the water discharge opening, natural energy generating means, and the air discharge opening. Air exhaust means for exhausting the air above the internal member in the object by the natural energy power generation means, imaging means provided at the lower part of the resource recovery structure, and an upper end portion of the resource recovery structure Display means for displaying the output of the imaging means, and detecting the resources below the resource recovery structure by the display means and the air above the internal member in the resource recovery structure by the air exhaust means The water discharge opening is moved by moving a water surface in the resource recovery structure above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure by moving the internal member to an upper portion in the resource recovery structure. The seawater, lake water, or river water is discharged outside the resource recovery structure from the water discharge opening, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward to circulate. By inserting the resource detected in this way through the resource recovery opening, the resource is collected or mined in the resource recovery structure, and the resource is extracted from the air discharge opening. After down hydrate was recovered vaporized gas, water resource recovery apparatus characterized by recovering the resource by capturing the resource. A resource recovery opening having an air discharge opening at the top of one end and a water discharge opening at the bottom of the water surface and having a small inner and outer diameter for efficiently collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening. A water recovery structure provided at a lower portion of the other end, and the water discharge opening is closed when passing through the inside of the upper part of the resource recovery structure and the water surface inside is the same as the water surface outside the resource recovery structure. An internal member having a specific gravity smaller than that of water; and an air exhaust unit that is connected to the air discharge opening and exhausts air above the internal member in the resource recovery structure. By evacuating the air above the internal member, the water surface in the resource recovery structure is moved above the water surface outside the resource recovery structure to move the internal member to the upper part in the resource recovery structure. The water discharge opening is opened to release seawater, lake water, or river water from the water discharge opening, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is released. Is gradually moved to the upper part and circulated, and resources are efficiently collected or mined in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening having a small inner and outer diameter near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom, and methane hydrate is extracted from the air discharge opening. An underwater resource recovery apparatus for recovering a gas whose rate has been vaporized, closing the resource opening by the resource opening closing means, capturing the resource, and recovering the resource. The upper part of the resource recovery structure has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part is composed of pipes whose inner and outer diameters become smaller as they go to the lower part by overlapping the length adjustable. The underwater resource mining device according to 1 to 3. The underwater resource according to claim 1, wherein the upper part of the resource recovery structure has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the lower part is formed of a bellows tube whose length is adjustable and the inner and outer diameters are small. Mining equipment. The upper part of the resource recovery structure has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower part, and the intermediate part of the resource recovery structure is a flexible or flexible pipe having a small inner and outer diameter. Underwater resource mining equipment. The underwater resource mining device according to claim 4, wherein the resource recovery structure is configured such that the resource recovery structure, the length of which is adjustable, is again overlapped and recovered. The underwater resource mining device according to claim 5, wherein the bellows pipe is again shortened to recover the resources. The resource recovery structure includes a resource recovery opening and a lower resource recovery structure having an adjustable length, and an upper resource recovery structure having a water discharge opening at the bottom of the sea surface, lake surface or river surface. The said resource recovery structure is combined at the time of laying, The underwater resource recovery apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-8 characterized by the above-mentioned. 10. The resource recovery structure according to claim 2, wherein the resource recovery structure includes a ridge directly below the water discharge opening and is held by a floating structure on the sea, on a lake, or on a river. Underwater resource recovery equipment. After connecting a wedge to the lower part of the resource recovery structure and capturing the resources of the lower part of the resource recovery structure in the resource recovery structure, the lower part of the resource recovery structure is connected to the sea surface, lake surface, or river surface through the wedge. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the captured resource is recovered by moving the resource recovery structure and moving the resource recovery structure. An air discharge opening, a water discharge opening in the vicinity of the central portion, a central pipe having a held portion on one side, a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the end A resource recovery structure comprising a one-sided pipe located on one side of the central pipe and a second bellows pipe located on the other side of the central pipe that can be expanded and contracted by a bellows; An internal penetrating member having a specific gravity smaller than that of water that can close the water discharge opening, and a held portion of the resource recovery structure, and the resource recovery structure is positioned horizontally or the resource recovery opening is located near the seabed, lake bottom, or riverbed And moving the resource recovery structure to the vertical position after the other bellows pipe is folded and the resource recovery structure pipe contains water and air when the resource recovery structure pipe is in the horizontal position. The resource times The water surface in the resource recovery structure is moved by moving the opening to a vertical position near the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed and exhausting the air above the internal penetrating member from the air discharge opening in the resource recovery structure. The water discharge opening is opened by moving the internal penetrating member upward from the water surface outside the resource recovery structure and moving the internal penetrating member to the upper part in the resource recovery structure. Alternatively, the river water is discharged out of the resource recovery structure, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward to circulate the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure. After collecting or mining resources in the resource recovery structure from the resource recovery opening and recovering gas vaporized by methane hydrate from the air discharge opening Water resource recovery apparatus characterized by recovering the resources that captured moving again horizontal position the resource recovery structure. An air discharge opening, a water discharge opening in the vicinity of the central portion, a central pipe having a held portion on one side, a resource recovery opening for collecting or mining resources, and a resource opening closing means for closing the resource recovery opening at the end A resource recovery structure comprising a one-sided pipe located on one side of the central pipe and a second bellows pipe located on the other side of the central pipe that can be expanded and contracted by a bellows; An internal penetrating member having a specific gravity smaller than that of water that can close the water discharge opening, and a held portion of the resource recovery structure, and the resource recovery structure is positioned horizontally or the resource recovery opening is located near the seabed, lake bottom, or riverbed A floating structure having an angle changing means for slightly changing the angle with the water surface, an imaging means provided at a lower part of the resource recovery structure, and a central tube of the resource recovery structure. Before Display means for displaying the output of the imaging means, and when the resource recovery structure is in a horizontal position, water and air are contained therein, and after the other bellows tube is folded, the resource recovery structure is moved to a vertical position. Then, the resource recovery opening is moved to a vertical position near the seabed, lake bottom or river bottom, and the angle changing means is slightly changed with respect to the water surface of the resource recovery structure, and the display means near the resource recovery opening. By detecting resources and exhausting air above the internal penetrating member in the resource recovery structure from the air discharge opening, the water surface in the resource recovery structure is made higher than the water surface outside the resource recovery structure. By moving the internal penetrating member to the upper part in the resource recovery structure, the water discharge opening is opened, and seawater or lake water or the water is discharged from the water discharge opening. The river water is discharged out of the resource recovery structure, and the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure is gradually moved upward to circulate the seawater, lake water, or river water in the resource recovery structure. Thus, the resource detected from the resource recovery opening is collected or mined in the resource recovery structure, and the gas evaporated from methane hydrate is recovered from the air discharge opening, and then the resource recovery structure is horizontal again. An underwater resource recovery apparatus for recovering the resource captured by moving to a position. The central tube has a larger inner and outer diameter than the lower portion, and the lower portion is configured by a pipe having a small inner and outer diameter that can be adjusted in length by the one-side tube of the resource recovery structure. The underwater resource mining device according to any one of claims 12 to 13. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 14, wherein the floating structure is movable. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein an inner and outer diameter of the lowest part of the resource recovery structure is reduced. The underwater resource recovery according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the inner and outer diameter of the lowermost part of the resource recovery structure is made larger than the upper part of the lowermost part and the inner and outer diameter of the uppermost part of the lowermost part is made smaller. apparatus. 18. The resource excavation means for excavating the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom in the lower part, the outer part, or the lower part and the outside of the resource recovery structure near the sea bottom, the lake bottom, or the river bottom is provided. The underwater resource recovery device described in 1. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the resource recovery structure includes a moving means for moving the resource excavation means. 18. The nodule crushing means for crushing the nodule of the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed at the lower part, the outer part, or the lower part and the outer part of the resource recovery structure near the seabed, the lake bottom, or the riverbed. The underwater resource recovery device according to one item. 19. The lower part or the outer part of the resource recovery structure or the lower part and the external resource excavation means or the resource crushing means and the resource recovery opening are hermetically incorporated in an external casing having a lower opening. The underwater resource recovery apparatus as described in any one of -20. The underwater resource according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the resource excavation means or the resource crushing means is operated by an external operation member that is adjustable in length and capable of operating the lower part of the resource recovery structure. Mining equipment. 23. The resource excavation means or the resource crushing means is hermetically sealed and embedded in an external housing having an upper portion penetrated by the lower part of the resource recovery structure and the external operation member and having a lower opening. The underwater resource mining equipment described in 1. 24. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the resource excavating means or the resource crushing means moves relative to each other in the external casing to excavate or crush resources. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 24, wherein the floating structure is movable. 27. The underwater resource recovery apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising a natural energy power generation unit and a power storage unit, wherein the floating structure is moved by the electric power.