CN-121972287-A - Submarine resource mineral sorting system

CN121972287ACN 121972287 ACN121972287 ACN 121972287ACN-121972287-A

Abstract

The invention relates to a submarine resource mineral separation system, which belongs to the technical fields of mineral engineering, ocean engineering, environmental science, material science, automatic control and the like and comprises an upper buoyancy separation structure, a middle electromagnetic separation structure, a lower spiral separation structure and a circulating structure, wherein the upper buoyancy separation structure, the middle electromagnetic separation structure, the lower spiral separation structure and the circulating structure are all arranged on a ship body platform, the upper buoyancy separation structure is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure, the lower spiral separation structure is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure, and the circulating structure is communicated with the lower spiral separation structure and the upper buoyancy separation structure. The buoyancy, electromagnetism and spiral separation structure and the circulation system are integrated, the density, magnetism and particle size fine separation of minerals are realized in a layered mode, manufacturing, running and overhauling costs are obviously reduced, and the deep sea complex operation environment is adapted.

Inventors

GONG CHENGYONG
GUO XINYU
CHEN SHIMING
HE XIANGRU
WENG WEITAO
WANG YINYING
HE BAICHENG

Assignees

兰州理工大学

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20260324

Claims (7)

1. A submarine resource mineral separation system is characterized by comprising an upper buoyancy separation structure (1), a middle electromagnetic separation structure (2), a lower spiral separation structure (3) and a circulation structure (4), wherein the upper buoyancy separation structure (1), the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2), the lower spiral separation structure (3) and the circulation structure (4) are all arranged on a ship body platform (6), the upper buoyancy separation structure (1) is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2), the lower spiral separation structure (3) is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2), and the circulation structure (4) is communicated with the lower spiral separation structure (3) and the upper buoyancy separation structure (1).
2. A submarine resource mineral separation system according to claim 1, wherein the upper buoyancy separation structure (1) comprises a water conveying pipe (1-1), the water conveying pipe (1-1) is installed on a supporting frame (1-2) through a fixing ring (1-3), the lower end of the supporting frame (1-2) is fixed on a ship body platform (6) through a buttress (1-4), a conical structure (1-5) is arranged right below one port of the water conveying pipe (1-1), a weir-shaped wall (1-6) is arranged around the conical structure (1-5), the bottoms of the weir-shaped wall and the conical structure (1-5) are fixedly connected into a whole, an overflow pool (1-12) is formed between the weir-shaped wall (1-6) and the side wall of the conical structure (1-5), a water outlet groove (1-7) is formed in the upper portion of the wall of the weir-shaped wall (1-6), a spiral track (1-8) is arranged on the outer wall of the weir-shaped wall, the upper end of the spiral track (1-8) is communicated with the water outlet groove (1-7), the lower end of the spiral track (1-8) is communicated with the upper end of the pipeline (1-9) and the upper end of the pipeline (1-9) is communicated with the lower end (10), the first collecting bin (1-10) is arranged on the ship body platform (6), and a plurality of first drainage holes (1-11) are formed in the bottom of the overflow pool (1-12).
3. The submarine resource mineral separation system according to claim 2, wherein the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2) comprises supporting columns (2-1), the supporting columns (2-1) are arranged below the centers of the weir-shaped walls (1-6), the supporting columns (2-1) are of hollow structures, AGV steering wheels are mounted in the supporting columns, a slewing bearing (2-2) is arranged below the centers of the supporting columns (2-1), a plurality of hinged bearings (2-3) are mounted in the slewing bearing (2-2), each hinged bearing (2-3) is connected with a telescopic electromagnetic device (2-4), the AGV steering wheels control the hinged bearings (2-3) to longitudinally rotate, the electromagnetic columns in the telescopic electromagnetic devices (2-4) are arranged in baffle walls (2-5) after penetrating through longitudinal strip-shaped holes formed in the outer walls of the slewing bearing (2-2), the baffle walls (2-5) are arranged around the upper parts of the supporting platforms (2-10), a plurality of the baffle walls (1-11) are arranged in the annular areas of the hollow wheels (2-6), the baffle walls (2-5) are distributed in the hollow areas (2-6) and the annular areas are arranged in the hollow areas, the AGV steering wheel controls the slewing bearing (2-2) to horizontally rotate, the bottom ends of the ore passing slots (2-6) are communicated with the ore conveying pipe (2-7), the ore conveying pipe (2-7) is obliquely arranged, the tail end of the ore conveying pipe is communicated with the collecting bin II (2-8), the collecting bin II (2-8) is arranged on the ship body platform (6), the supporting platform I (2-10) is arranged on the ship body platform (6) through a plurality of hollow columns (2-11), a plurality of drainage holes II (2-9) are formed in the bottom of the supporting platform I (2-10) in a penetrating mode, and the drainage holes II (2-9) are located in an annular space area surrounded by the ore passing slots (2-6) and the flow blocking walls (2-5).
4. The submarine resource mineral separation system according to claim 3 is characterized in that the lower spiral separation structure comprises a funnel (3-1), the funnel (3-1) is arranged at the bottom of a first supporting platform (2-10), a plurality of drainage holes (2-9) are formed in the upper position in the funnel (3-1), a discharge hole of the funnel (3-1) is connected with a spiral separation track (3-2), a plurality of slotted holes are sequentially formed in the pipe wall of the spiral separation track (3-2) from top to bottom, the diameters of the slotted holes are arranged from top to bottom, the slotted holes are communicated with a plurality of collection bins (3-11) through a plurality of pipelines, the collection bins (3-11) are arranged on a ship body platform (6), and the spiral separation track (3-2) is arranged on the ship body platform (6) through fixing struts (3-12).
5. A submarine resource mineral separation system according to claim 4, wherein the circulating structure (4) comprises a second supporting platform (4-4), one side of the second supporting platform (4-4) is arranged at the bottom of a weir-shaped wall (1-6), a water pump (4-2) is arranged on the other side of the second supporting platform, the output end of the water pump (4-2) is connected with a water pipe (4-3), the output end of the water pipe (4-3) is communicated with a water pipe (1-1), the input end of the water pump (4-2) is communicated with the upper port of the vertical section of a bifurcated pipe (4-6), a valve (4-8) is arranged on the pipeline of the section, the lower port of the vertical section of the bifurcated pipe (4-6) is connected with a funnel-shaped water absorber (4-5), the funnel-shaped water absorber (4-5) is arranged in a water storage bin (4-1), the water storage bin (4-1) is arranged on the hull platform (6) and is positioned on one side of a collection bin (3-11), the water storage bin (4-1) is communicated with the upper end of the bifurcated pipe (4-6) by means of the valve (3-6), the water storage bin (4-1) is communicated with the lower end of the bifurcated pipe (4-6) at the upper end of the vertical section (4-6), the storage bin (4-7) is arranged on the ship body platform (6).
6. A subsea resource mineral separation system according to claim 5, characterized in that the hull platform (6) is provided with stairs (5).
7. A submarine resource mineral separation system according to claim 6 is characterized in that the working principle of the submarine resource mineral separation system is that a water pipe (1-1) introduces materials taken out of the seabed into an upper buoyancy separation structure (1), the materials enter a flow-through tank (1-12), substances with higher density than water settle, substances with lower density than water float on the water surface, enter a spiral track (1-8) through a water outlet tank (1-7), flow into a collecting bin I (1-10) through a pipeline (1-9), substances with higher density than water enter a baffle wall (2-5) in a middle electromagnetic separation structure (2) from a drainage hole I (1-11) to realize separation, a telescopic electromagnetic device (2-4) starts to work in the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2), an induction device and an adsorption device are arranged in the middle electromagnetic separation structure, if the existence of minerals is induced, the induction device (2-4) longitudinally rotates under the driving of an AGV wheel, meanwhile, the substances with higher density than water enter the middle electromagnetic separation device (2-4) from the middle electromagnetic separation structure (2-4) enter a plurality of electromagnetic separation devices (2-8) to fall into the collecting bin II through the two electromagnetic separation devices (2-4) by the induction device (2-7), the materials remained in the baffle wall (2-5) enter a lower spiral separation structure (3) from a second leakage hole (2-9), materials enter the spiral separation track (3-2) from a funnel (3-1) in the lower spiral separation structure (3), a plurality of slots with diameters from large to small are formed from top to bottom and enter corresponding pipelines, finally fall into a corresponding collection bin (3-11) to realize grading separation, the slots have different roles, the size of the minerals received by each slot is divided into a range according to gravity, centrifugal force and friction force, fine separation of the minerals is ensured, water flowing out from the tail end of the spiral separation track (3-2) enters a water storage bin (4-1) in a circulating structure (4), a valve (4-8) is opened, the water is pumped to the water pipe (1-1) from the water pump (4-2) and enters the upper buoyancy separation structure (1), and after the separation is completed, the valve (4-8) is closed, and the materials remained in the water storage bin (4-1) finally enter a storage bin (4-7).

Description

Submarine resource mineral sorting system Technical Field The invention relates to the technical fields of mineral engineering, ocean engineering, environmental science, material science, automatic control and the like, in particular to a submarine resource mineral separation system. Background The separation of the submarine minerals is a key link for enriching useful minerals and improving the utilization rate of resources, and can reduce the transportation smelting cost and the pollutant emission, but the prior art has a plurality of difficulties. The method has the advantages that the pump pipe of the separation equipment is easy to be blocked, the sensor precision is insufficient, the intelligent level is difficult to adapt to deep sea operation due to the environmental characteristics of high pressure and complex terrains on the sea bottom, sediment plumes are easy to be spread in the separation process to cause irreversible ecological effects such as marine organism habitat damage and the like, meanwhile, the research and development and operation cost of a deep sea separation system is high, the investment return rate is low, and the economic competitiveness is weaker than that of land mining. In addition, the existing equipment has insufficient separation precision, is difficult to realize fine separation of submarine minerals with different densities, magnetism and particle sizes, the resource utilization efficiency is to be improved, and a submarine resource mineral separation device with low cost, high reliability and low environmental impact is needed. Disclosure of Invention Aiming at the defects and shortcomings of the prior art, the invention provides a submarine resource mineral sorting system, which integrates a buoyancy, electromagnetic and spiral sorting structure and a circulating system, realizes fine sorting of mineral density, magnetism and particle size in a layered manner, is matched with the circulating structure to repeatedly sort, greatly improves sorting precision and resource utilization rate, has a simple structure, ensures that each part is separated clearly, does not need a large amount of manpower and material resource maintenance, obviously reduces manufacturing, running and overhaul costs, and is suitable for a deep sea complex operation environment. The invention adopts the following technical scheme that the device comprises an upper buoyancy separation structure, a middle electromagnetic separation structure, a lower spiral separation structure and a circulating structure, wherein the upper buoyancy separation structure, the middle electromagnetic separation structure, the lower spiral separation structure and the circulating structure are all arranged on a ship platform, the upper buoyancy separation structure is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure, the lower spiral separation structure is communicated with the middle electromagnetic separation structure, and the circulating structure is communicated with the lower spiral separation structure and the upper buoyancy separation structure. The upper buoyancy separation structure comprises a water conveying pipe, wherein the water conveying pipe is installed on a supporting frame through a fixing ring, the lower end of the supporting frame is fixed on a ship body platform through a buttress, a conical structure is arranged right below one port of the water conveying pipe, a weir-shaped wall is arranged around the conical structure, the bottoms of the weir-shaped wall and the side wall of the conical structure are fixedly connected into a whole, an overflow pool is formed between the weir-shaped wall and the side wall of the conical structure, an water outlet groove is formed in the upper portion of the wall of the weir-shaped wall, a spiral track is arranged on the outer wall of the weir-shaped wall, the upper end of the spiral track is communicated with the water outlet groove, the lower end of the spiral track is communicated with the upper end of a pipeline, the lower end of the pipeline is communicated with a collecting bin, the collecting bin I is installed on the ship body platform, and a plurality of drainage holes I are formed in the bottom of the overflow pool. Further, the partial electromagnetic separation structure comprises a support column arranged below the center of the weir-shaped wall; the supporting column is of a hollow structure, an AGV steering wheel is arranged in the supporting column, a slewing bearing is arranged below the center of the supporting column, a plurality of hinged bearings are arranged in the slewing bearing, each hinged bearing is connected with a telescopic electromagnetic device, the AGV steering wheel controls the hinged bearings to longitudinally rotate, the electromagnetic column in the telescopic electromagnetic device penetrates through a longitudinal strip-shaped hole formed in the outer wall of the slewing bearing and then is arranged in a flo