Tailing deposit tool
AssigneeIHC Holland IE B.V.
InventorsJohannes Bartholomeus VAN DOESBURG, Pieter Abraham LUCIEER
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Abstract
Disclosed is a deep sea mining method including, providing a deep sea mining system for mining matter from a bottom of a body of water, the mining system including: a slurry line coupled with a pump system to transport the slurry from the bottom of the body of water; and a return line in fluid communication with the slurry line and distinguishable from the slurry riser, for transporting non valuable slurry part to the bottom of the body of water, the return line having a return line outlet proximate the bottom. The deep sea mining method further includes spreading the non valuable slurry part over the bottom of the body of water in a controlled manner.
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Deep sea mining method comprising, providing a deep sea mining system (1) for mining matter (2) from a bottom (3) of a body of water (4), the mining system comprising;
- a slurry line (5) coupled with a pump system (6) to transport said slurry from the bottom of the body of water, and
- a return line (7) in fluid communication with the slurry line and distinguishable from the slurry line, for transporting a non valuable slurry part to the bottom of the body of water, the return line having a return line outlet (16) proximate said bottom,
- the deep sea mining method further comprising spreading the non valuable slurry part over the bottom of the body of water in a controlled manner.
Deep sea mining system (1) for mining matter (2) from a bottom (3) of a body of water (4), the system comprising,
- a slurry line (5) coupled with a pump system (6) to transport said slurry from the bottom of the body of water,
- a return line (7), in fluid communication with the slurry line and distinguishable from the slurry line, for transporting a non valuable slurry part to the bottom of the body of water and having a return line outlet (16) proximate the seafloor, and
- a spreading device (14) coupled with the return line outlet for spreading the non valuable slurry part over the bottom of the body of water in a controlled manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.