Print Email Facebook Twitter Research on a Subsea Separation Concept for Deep Sea Mining Purposes Title Research on a Subsea Separation Concept for Deep Sea Mining Purposes Author Derksen, G.A.D. Contributor Van Rhee, C. (mentor) Keetels, G.H. (mentor) Schipaanboord, A.A. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Offshore and Dredging Engineering Date 2016-08-22 Abstract Royal IHC is exploring the possibilities of a subsea separation concept for its deep sea mining concept. The most promising concept from literature was the crossflow separator, this separation concept was further researched. This to have a look at the performance of such a crossflow separator and to find out what geometry is most suitable for implementation on the hydraulic crawler. This research addresses three topics: the selection, the computational modelling and the experimentation of the crossflow separator. The aim of this research is to determine the performance of the separator by means of the separation efficiency of sediment and nodules. Subject Polymetallic NodulesManganese NodulesSubsea SeparationDeep Sea MiningDeep Sea Mining ConceptSeparation ConceptSeparation MethodSedimentDeep Sea SedimentDrift-Flux ModelComputational Fluid Dynamics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:49fa1f7b-c203-47ef-b4b1-99ee6738e996 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2016 Derksen, G.A.D. Files PDF Thesis_Guus_Derksen.pdf 15.29 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:49fa1f7b-c203-47ef-b4b1-99ee6738e996/datastream/OBJ/view