Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.17818/NM.1.7.2015
A Technique for Seabed Mining
Karel Jeřábek
; Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Department of Transport and Logistics, Czech Republic
Ondrej Stopka
; Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Department of Transport and Logistics, Czech Republic
Terezie Vondráčková
; Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Department of Transport and Logistics, Czech Republic
Věra Voštová
; Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Transportation Sciences Czech Republic
Abstract
The paper deals with the necessity to look for other potential uses of unconventional sources of raw materials to meet the growing needs of human society. The first part of the paper contains the overview of the materials located in seas and oceans. This part describes the alternatives of mining, the dredging systems for extreme depths and the functional structure of the hoisting mechanism for dredging as well.
The second part of the paper describes the future prospects for the extraction of minerals from seas and oceans.
Keywords
dredging systems; extraction; raw materials; sea minerals; unconventional sources
Hrčak ID:
138540
URI
Publication date:
4.5.2015.
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