Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2024
Идентификатор DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2024.2412845
Ключевые слова: solid minerals, arctic, arctic shelf, development of submarine deposits, mining technology, soil-ice bodies, cooling agent
Аннотация: The projected increase in demand for some metals required for various industries, including transition to clean energy sources, shall force people to look for new deposits and the development of such deposits shall become progressively complicated. Arctic shelf is one of the promising mineral sources, but its areas are hardly exploПоказать полностьюred and developed. The reasons include the absence of mining technologies that could ensure the efficient development of subsea solid mineral deposits. This study proposes a mining technology that enables transportation of minerals from the seabed to the water surface using the ice that covers the valuable mineral particles suspended by means of loosening and continuous supply of cooling agent to the submarine mining face. The technology implies formation of soil-ice bodies comprising an ice component with pores and mineral particles. The detailed study of the proposed technology and its application conditions included the development of a theoretical model of soil-ice bodies emersion from the seabed to the water surface with account of ice component melting.
Журнал: Marine Georesources and Geotechnology
Номера страниц: 1-8
ISSN журнала: 1064119X
Издатель: Taylor & Francis