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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, JP;
Eigou Miyazaki, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshihisa Kawamura, Yokosuka, JP;
Ikuo Sawada, Yokosuka, JP;
Masanori Kyo, Yokosuka, JP;
Mikito Furuichi, Yokosuka, JP;
Keita Akiyama, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasuhiro Namba, Yokosuka, JP;
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method for recovering rare-earth mud including steps of: (A) penetrating a mud gathering pipe into a layer containing rare-earth mud under the seafloor, (B) preparing a slurry containing a rare earth by loosening rare-earth mud in the mud gathering pipe, and (C) transferring the slurry through a mud raising pipe. A rare-earth mud recovery system including: a mud gathering pipe configured to penetrate into a layer containing rare-earth mud under a seafloor; a stirring device configured to loosen rare-earth mud in the mud gathering pipe; and a mud raising pipe connected to the mud gathering pipe.