JPS61122393A - Apparatus for minning ore of sea bottom - Google Patents
Apparatus for minning ore of sea bottomInfo
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- JPS61122393A JPS61122393A JP24349584A JP24349584A JPS61122393A JP S61122393 A JPS61122393 A JP S61122393A JP 24349584 A JP24349584 A JP 24349584A JP 24349584 A JP24349584 A JP 24349584A JP S61122393 A JPS61122393 A JP S61122393A
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Abstract
(57)【要約】本公報は電子出願前の出願データであるた
め要約のデータは記録されません。(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
〔産業上の利用分野〕
本発明は主として海底の熱水鉱床の開発に用いられる海
底鉱床採鉱装置に関するものである。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a seabed mining apparatus used primarily for the development of hydrothermal ore deposits on the seabed.
近年、大洋の海嶺上で続々発見される金属高含有率の海
底熱水鉱床は、新しい海底資源として世界の注目を集め
ている。In recent years, submarine hydrothermal deposits with high metal content, which have been discovered one after another on ocean ridges, are attracting worldwide attention as a new submarine resource.
しかしながら、このような海底鉱床の採掘作業と、採掘
した鉱石の海上の母船への揚鉱作業がこの海床鉱床開発
の上で最も重要で、かつ難しい課題である。However, the mining of such seabed ore deposits and the lifting of the mined ore to a mother ship on the sea are the most important and difficult tasks in developing this seabed ore deposit.
そこで、上記の目的の熱水鉱床採鉱用の機器としては、
従来殆んど公知のものがなく、僅かに特開昭５９−４１
５９７による海底熱水鉱床からの採鉱方法に関する特許
が知られているだけである。Therefore, as equipment for hydrothermal ore mining for the above purpose,
There is almost nothing known in the past, and only a few were published in JP-A-59-41.
The only known patent is No. 597 on a method of mining from submarine hydrothermal deposits.
これは、海底鉱床を採掘する採鉱車がその母船から海底
との間に数千メートルの海水を置いたものとなることと
、採掘した鉱石をいかにして母船上に揚鉱するかという
問題があるからである。This is due to the fact that mining vehicles that mine seabed ore deposits have several thousand meters of seawater between their mother ship and the seabed, and the problem of how to lift the mined ore onto the mother ship. Because there is.
そこで、本発明は海底で遠隔操作の採鉱車により海底鉱
床を採掘し、採掘した鉱石を海上の母船上にスムースに
揚鉱可能で、しかも海中の操作を全て無人で行ないうる
海底鉱床採鉱装置を提供することを目的としたものであ
る。Therefore, the present invention provides a seabed mining device that can mine seabed ore using a remote-controlled mining vehicle and smoothly lift the mined ore onto a mother ship at sea, and that can perform all underwater operations unmanned. It is intended to provide.
即ち、本発明の海底鉱床採鉱装置は、海底鉱床を採掘す
るバケットホィールを有し、かつ採掘した鉱石を粉砕す
る破砕機を内蔵した採鉱率を海上の母船上から遠隔操作
で海底を移動可能に設けると共に、その採鉱率で粉砕さ
れた鉱石を海水とのスラリー状にて母船上にポンプユニ
ットを介して移送するパイプラインを上記採鉱率と母船
との間に配設し、更にこのパイプラインの途中に、海底
上を移動可能で、かつ母船との相対位置を確認可能なビ
ーコン発信装置を有する中継車を配設することにより構
成される。That is, the seabed mining device of the present invention has a bucket wheel for mining seabed mineral deposits, and is equipped with a built-in crusher for crushing the mined ore. At the same time, a pipeline is installed between the mining rate and the mother ship to transport the ore crushed at the mining rate in the form of a slurry with seawater to the mother ship via a pump unit. It is constructed by disposing a relay vehicle along the way that can move on the seabed and has a beacon transmitter that can confirm the relative position with the mother ship.
以下図面を参照して本発明の一実施例における海底鉱床
採鉱装置を説明すると、まず、海底熱水鉱床等の海底鉱
床１を採掘するパケットホ、 ４−ＪＬ／
２を７’−４３０先端９設″′採鉱車４を・海上Ｗの母
船５上からの遠隔操作で海底Ｂを移動可能に設けている
。Below, a description will be given of a seabed mining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. First, a packet ho, 4-JL/
A mining vehicle 4 with a 7'-430 tip and 9'' is provided so as to be movable on the seabed B by remote control from a mother ship 5 on the ocean W.
この採鉱率４には破砕機６が内蔵されており、バケット
ホィール２により採掘した鉱石をこの破砕機６により適
宜なメツシュに粉砕した後、海水流入ロアから取入れた
海水とこの粉砕後の鉱石とをスラリー状にして、母船５
上に移送するため、この採鉱率４と母船５との間には中
継車８を介在させて、フレキシブルホース９及びパイプ
１０からなるパイプラインが配役されている。This mining rate 4 has a built-in crusher 6, and after the ore mined by the bucket wheel 2 is crushed into a suitable mesh by this crusher 6, the crushed ore is mixed with seawater taken in from the seawater inflow lower. into a slurry and ship it to the mother ship 5.
In order to transport the minerals to the top, a relay vehicle 8 is interposed between the mining rate 4 and the mother ship 5, and a pipeline consisting of a flexible hose 9 and a pipe 10 is provided.
採鉱率４からフレキシブルホース９で中継車８に導入さ
れた鉱石のスラリーは、中継車８内に設けられた図示さ
れていないポンプで更にパイプ１０を経由して、パイプ
１０の途中に設けられたポンプユニット１１により母船
５上に揚鉱されるが、鉱石は一時、中継車８で貯蔵も可
能なようになっているので、フレキシブルホース９内の
スラリーの移動とパイプ１０内のスラリーの移動はそれ
ぞれ独立となっている。The ore slurry introduced from the mining rate 4 into the relay vehicle 8 by a flexible hose 9 is further passed through a pipe 10 by a pump (not shown) provided in the relay vehicle 8, and is placed in the middle of the pipe 10. The ore is lifted onto the mother ship 5 by the pump unit 11, but since the ore can be temporarily stored in the relay vehicle 8, the movement of the slurry in the flexible hose 9 and the movement of the slurry in the pipe 10 is Each is independent.
このパイプラインの途中に配設された中継車８は、採鉱
率４とほぼ同一の深度の海底Ｂ上を移動可能゛になって
おり、この中継車８には母船５との相対位置を確認可能
なビーコン発信装置１２が設けられている。The relay vehicle 8 placed in the middle of this pipeline is able to move on the seabed B at almost the same depth as the mining rate 4, and the relay vehicle 8 can confirm its relative position with the mother ship 5. A possible beacon transmitter 12 is provided.
なお、これら採鉱率４及び中継車８を海上Ｗの母船５か
らの遠隔操作で海底Ｂを移動させ、かつ作動させるため
の電力通信用ケーブル１３は、上記パイプラインに沿っ
て設けられている。Note that a power communication cable 13 for moving and operating the mining rate 4 and the relay vehicle 8 on the seabed B by remote control from the mother ship 5 on the sea W is provided along the pipeline.
また、母船５上には図示されていないビーコン受信装置
の他、動力装置１４、選鉱プラント１５、制御室及び居
住区１６ならびにストックルーム１７等があり、更に、
自動位置保持装置１８を有しており、選鉱プラント１５
で選鉱された鉱石はアンローダ−１９により鉱石運搬船
２０に積まれ、一方、スラリーから脱水された海水は排
水管２１で海中に放出される。In addition to a beacon receiving device (not shown), the mother ship 5 includes a power plant 14, an ore beneficiation plant 15, a control room and accommodation area 16, a stock room 17, etc.
It has an automatic position holding device 18, and the ore processing plant 15
The beneficent ore is loaded onto an ore carrier 20 by an unloader 19, while seawater dehydrated from the slurry is discharged into the sea through a drain pipe 21.
更に、この母船５には別の電力通信用ケーブル１３によ
り操作される海中作業ロボット２２が装備され、これに
内蔵された監視システムにより採鉱率４、中継車５の位
置決め、採鉱・スラリー輸送の指令、部品交換及び監視
等を行なう。但し、作業ロボットに電力供給装置を内蔵
し通信用に音波等を利用することにより電力・通信ケー
ブル１３をな（すことも可能である。Furthermore, this mother ship 5 is equipped with an underwater work robot 22 that is operated by another power communication cable 13, and a monitoring system built into this robot provides commands for the mining rate 4, positioning of the relay vehicle 5, and mining/slurry transportation. , parts replacement and monitoring. However, it is also possible to create the power/communication cable 13 by incorporating a power supply device into the working robot and using sound waves or the like for communication.
そのため、この海中作業ロボット２２には、数本のマニ
ュブレーク、視覚装置及び音波ビジョンシステム等が搭
載されている。Therefore, this underwater working robot 22 is equipped with several manubrakes, a visual device, a sonic vision system, and the like.
従って、上記の構成からなる本発明の海底鉱床採鉱装置
は、海底の熱水鉱床等の鉱石を採掘する採鉱率と、海上
の母船とをパイプラインで結び、そのパイプラインに沿
って鉱石、電力及び信号を送ると共に、そのパイプライ
ンの中間に中継車を設け、これに母船との相対位置を確
認するビーコン発信装置を設けると共に、そこで鉱石の
一時貯蔵を行なわせており、しかもこれら海中の操作は
全て無人で行なうようにしているので、海底鉱床の採掘
及びその採掘された鉱石の海上の母船上への揚鉱作業も
全て無人化され、安全でかつ能率の良い海底鉱床の採鉱
が可能となるという効果がある。Therefore, the seabed mining equipment of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration connects the mining rate for mining ore such as hydrothermal ore deposits on the seabed and the mother ship on the sea by a pipeline, In addition to transmitting signals, a relay vehicle is installed in the middle of the pipeline, and a beacon transmitting device is installed on this vehicle to confirm the relative position with the mother ship, and the ore is temporarily stored there. Since all operations are carried out unmanned, the mining of seabed ore deposits and the lifting of the mined ore onto the mother ship at sea are all automated, making safe and efficient mining of seabed ore deposits possible. It has the effect of becoming.
図面は本発明の一実施例における海底鉱床採鉱装置の全
体概念図である。
１・・・海底鉱床、２・・・バケットホィール、４・・
・採鉱車、５・・・母船、６・・・破砕機、７・・・海
水流入口、８・・・中継車、９・・・フレキシブルホー
ス、１０・・・パイプ、１１・・・ポンプユニット、１
２・・・ビーコン発信装置、１３・・・電力通信ケーブ
ル、Ｂ・・・海底、Ｗ・・・海面。The drawing is an overall conceptual diagram of a seabed mining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Seabed deposit, 2... Bucket wheel, 4...
・Mining vehicle, 5...Mother ship, 6...Crushing machine, 7...Seawater inlet, 8...Relay truck, 9...Flexible hose, 10...Pipe, 11...Pump unit, 1
2... Beacon transmission device, 13... Power communication cable, B... Seabed, W... Sea surface.
Claims (1)
した鉱石を粉砕する破砕機を内蔵した採鉱車を海上の母
船上からの遠隔操作で海底を移動可能に設けると共に、
該採鉱車で粉砕された鉱石を海水とのスラリー状にて母
船上にポンプユニットを介して移送するパイプラインを
上記採鉱車と母船との間に配設し、更にこのパイプライ
ンの途中に、海底上を移動可能で、かつ母船との相対位
置を確認可能なビーコン発信装置を有する中継車を配設
したことを特徴とする海底鉱床採鉱装置。A mining vehicle equipped with a bucket wheel for mining seabed ore deposits and a built-in crusher for crushing the mined ore is installed so that it can be moved on the seabed by remote control from a mother ship at sea.
A pipeline is provided between the mining vehicle and the mother ship to transport the ore crushed by the mining vehicle in the form of a slurry with seawater onto the mother ship via a pump unit, and further along the pipeline, A seabed mining device characterized by being equipped with a relay vehicle that is movable on the seabed and has a beacon transmitting device that allows confirmation of the relative position with respect to a mother ship.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| JP24349584A JPS61122393A (en) | 1984-11-20 | 1984-11-20 | Apparatus for minning ore of sea bottom |
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| JP24349584A JPS61122393A (en) | 1984-11-20 | 1984-11-20 | Apparatus for minning ore of sea bottom |
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| JPS61122393A true JPS61122393A (en) | 1986-06-10 |
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| JP24349584A Pending JPS61122393A (en) | 1984-11-20 | 1984-11-20 | Apparatus for minning ore of sea bottom |
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