Abstract
The chapter gives an overview of the sediment dispersion generated by the mining process. Within the field of dredging engineering, ample experience is available regarding equipment, turbidity generated by equipment, and sediment transport processes. High up the environmental impact mitigation hierarchy are avoidance and minimization. That is where engineering can provide (part of) the solution. It is our aim to predict and consider how we can improve the mining process and equipment. Within this context, our focus is on those processes that are likely to take place close to the seabed. On the one hand, our work focuses on the prediction and reduction of the amount of sediment that might get suspended. On the other hand, considering the conditions under which the suspended sediment might be released in the most optimal way to reduce dispersion, we have performed and analysed small-scale and full-scale laboratory experiments of a hydraulic collector design and various dynamic sedimentation experiments.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Deep-Sea Mining and the Water Column |
| Subtitle of host publication | Advances, Monitoring and Related Issues |
| Editors | Rahul Sharma |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 209-242 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-59060-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-59059-7, 978-3-031-59062-7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Particle aggregation
- Polymetalic nodules
- Sediment plume
- Sediment pickup & deposition
- Settling velocity
