Numerical and experimental study on ore-collecting characteristics of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfide

B Zhang, H Lu, J Yang, P Sun, L Deng - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The particles of seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) formed by mechanical breaking can be
characterised by high-density and coarse particles, and there is little research on their …

[HTML][HTML] Research on the Collection Characteristics of a Hydraulic Collector for Seafloor Massive Sulfides

H Dai, Y Li - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ore collection is very important in deep-sea mining for seafloor massive sulfide (SMS). In
view of the characteristics of SMS ores produced by mechanical crushing, which contain …

Research on the optimal pick-up heights and their control strategy for the hydraulic double-row jet collector of the manganese nodule miner

PJ Wang, L Li, DC **e, MQ Fan, JB Wu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
As a superior pick-up device in manganese nodule miners (MNMs), the moving velocity and
pick-up height of a hydraulic double-row jet collector (HDJC) are key to its collection …

Numerical Study and Parameter Optimization of a Dual-jet Based Large Particle Collection System for Deep-sea Mining

YZ **, QK Yao, ZC Zhu, XM Zhang - Journal of Applied Fluid …, 2024 - jafmonline.net
A dual-jet collecting device is highly efficient at picking up small-sized polymetallic nodules;
however, its performance is not as effective for large nodules in deep-sea mining. To …

Dynamic modeling and contraction metric-based tube model predictive control for mineral hydraulic collection

M Jiang, X Lu, H Wu, B Chen - Measurement and Control, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Efficient mineral hydraulic collection is a key issue in the mining of deep-sea minerals,
where the collection efficiency is related to the lifted fluid velocity and the mineral particle …