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Experimental Investigation on Vertical Hydraulic Transport of Ores in Deepsea Mining

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Deepsea mining has been proposed since the 1960s to alleviate the lack of resources on land.Vertical hydraulic transport of collected ores from the seabed to the sea surface is considered the most promising method for industrial applications.In the present study,an indoor model test of the vertical hydraulic transport of particles was conducted.A noncontact optical method has been proposed to measure the local characteristics of the particles inside a vertical pipe,including the local concentration and particle velocity.The hydraulic gradient of ore transport was evaluated with various particle size distributions,particle densities,feeding concentrations and mixture flow velocities.During transport,the local concentration is larger than the feeding concentration,whereas the particle velocity is less than the mixture velocity.The qualitative effects of the local concentration and local fluid velocity on the particle velocity and slip velocity were investigated.The local fluid velocity contributes significantly to particle velocity and slip velocity,whereas the effect of the local concentration is marginal.A higher feeding concentration and mixture flow velocity result in an increased hydraulic gradient.The effect of the particle size gradation is slight,whereas the particle density plays a crucial role in the transport.

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LIU Lei、LIU Jian-cheng、LI Xin、XU Li-xin、ZHANG Xiu-zhan

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State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240,China

School of Naval Architecture,Ocean and Civil Engineering,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240,China

Sanya Yazhou Bay Institution of Deep-sea Sci-Tech,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Sanya 572000,China

China Merchants Marine And Offshore Research Institute Co.,Ltd.,Shenzhen 518067,China

China Merchants Deepsea Research Institute(Sanya)Co.,Ltd.,Sanya 572000,China

School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,Jiangsu University of Science and Technology,Zhenjiang 212100,China

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Hainan Provincial Joint Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City国家自然科学基金

520LH05251909164

2024

中国海洋工程(英文版)
中国海洋学会

中国海洋工程(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子:0.338
ISSN:0890-5487
年,卷(期):2024.38(1)
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