A buoyancy vertical transport system of deep-sea mining

Generally speaking, the systems of deep-sea mining consist of a mining support vessel at surface, a seafloor collector on seabed, and a vertical transport system connecting them. The traditional vertical transport systems of deep-sea mining, which are either hydraulic or airlift, have low efficiency...

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Main Author: Shijun Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468013320300516