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China starts R & D in building a manned bathyscaphe which will challenge the depth of the Mariana Trench in 2019

中国启动研发万米级载人深渊器 计划2019年挑战马里亚纳海沟


2014年11月05日 10:01:20来源: 新华网我有话要说(0人参与)

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新华网上海11月5日电(记者张建松)研制万米级载人深渊器挑战全球最深的马里亚纳海沟,是国际海洋领域极具标志性和影响力的科技工程。记者从上海海洋大学深渊科技中心获悉,该中心通过吸引民营资本参与的方式,自筹经费启动中国万米级载人深渊器“彩虹鱼”号的研制工作,并计划2019年载人挑战马里亚纳海沟。

据上海海洋大学深渊科技中心主任崔维成教授介绍,万米级载人深渊器“彩虹鱼”号项目的总体设计,是打造全海深的“着陆器”、“无人潜水器”、“载人深渊器”和专用科考母船协同作业的一座“深渊科学技术流动实验室”。

主要步骤和核心任务是:首期,通过万米级载人深渊器的概念设计,识别关键技术;第二步,打造两型验证平台,即由3台全海深着陆器组成的I型验证平台和1台全海深无人潜水器的II型验证平台,攻克和验证关键技术;最后,研制万米级载人深渊器“彩虹鱼”号。

整个项目约需资金5亿元。上海海洋大学深渊科技中心通过重大科研项目体制机制创新,积极引进民营资本参与,目前正稳步推进。

万米级载人深渊器“彩虹鱼”号的研制是整个项目的核心。曾担任过“蛟龙”号副总设计师的崔维成介绍说,与最深抵达7000多米的“蛟龙”号相比,最深抵达11000米的“彩虹鱼”号在外形设计、制造材料、设备抗压能力等方面,均需升级换代,提升各项性能。

根据设计方案,“彩虹鱼”号与“蛟龙”号一样,均采用无动力上浮下潜的原理,但与胖鲨鱼外形的“蛟龙”号在海里垂直下潜不同,“彩虹鱼”号呈瘦长的鱼雷状外形,在海里将采取45度角倾斜下潜的方式。

由于需要更高的抗压能力,“彩虹鱼”号载人舱制造材料也与“蛟龙”号不同,但“鱼肚子”里的浮力材料与“蛟龙”号基本一样,只需要提升抗压能级。在电力系统上,“彩虹鱼”号正在研制寿命更长、动力更大的锂电子电池。在稳定翼、舾装系统、声学控制系统、通信系统等方面,“彩虹鱼”号在借鉴“蛟龙”号的同时,均需相应的提升耐压性能。

上海海洋大学深渊科技中心将向科技部申请万米级载人深渊器项目,争取2018年底完成建造,2019年到马里亚纳海沟进行载人海试,力争在世界上研制出第一台作业型的“全海深载人深渊器”。

国际海洋科学界将海深6000-11000米称为“深渊”。深渊区内的海洋生物、海洋生态、海底地质等对地球生态、气候、生命起源、地震预报等研究具有重要作用。由于人类极难到达,深渊科学是海洋科学研究中最薄弱、最前沿的领域。

“开展深渊科学研究,对于海洋环境保护、探寻生命起源和地震预报研究等意义重大。目前,美国、英国、日本已竞相开展深渊科学研究,尽快部署研制我国的万米级载人深渊器,对于我国建设海洋强国战略意义重大。”崔维成说。

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Deep-sea mining is the new frontier game that can only be played by the big powers。


China shipyard to build world's first deep-sea mining vessel

Updated: 2014-12-11


FUZHOU - A Chinese shipyard has inked a deal with a Singapore firm to build the world's first deep-sea mining vessel, which is due to be delivered in 2017.

Wu Pingshan from Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., which is based in east China's Fujian Province, confirmed on Thursday that the contract had been signed with a Singapore company but declined to disclose the name of the contractor.

Wu said the vessel will be 227 meters long by 40 m wide, with living quarters for up to 180 people and a maximum cargo load of 45,000 tonnes.

The vessel with 30 megawatts of power can serve as a platform for seabed mining as deep as 2,500 meters, and will have a helipad.

Founded in 1866, the predecessor of Mawei Shipbuilding was Foochow Arsenal, China's earliest machinery shipbuilding company. It has now become a share-holding firm able to develop, build and repair vessels
 
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Update on “彩虹鱼 Rainbow Fish” 11,000 meters submersible


The design of the submersible in the following pic has changed a lot from the earlier model
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The deep sea venture conceptual video with interviews of key persons in the project and an operational graphic below

挑战海洋深潜极限 “彩虹鱼”将畅游米兰世博会_国际新闻_看看新闻网



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Illustration of Mother Ship"Zhang Jian" 深潜母船“张謇号 示意图

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China Builds Mother Ship for 11,000-meter Manned Submersible
2015-04-18 21:54:36 Xinhua Web Editor: Gao Junya

SHANGHAI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday started building of the mother vessel for a 11,000-meter manned submersible as part of the country's deep-sea research ambitions.

The ship,"Zhang Jian", named after the founder of Shanghai Ocean University, is 97 meters long and 17.8 meters wide. It has a designed displacement of around 4,800 tonnes and a 15,000-nautical mile endurance ability.

Designed to carry 60 people, the ship will be equipped with advanced laboratories, data processing and information centers and other devices.

The "Zhang Jian" ship will serve the manned submersible "Rainbow Fish" which is capable of diving to a depth of 11,000 meters, and general ocean expedition missions, deep-sea engineering, rescue and salvage, underwater archaeology and film shooting, said Cui Weicheng, head of the Hadal Research Center at Shanghai Ocean University.

The vessel will be delivered in June 2016. Chinese scientists will launch unmanned diving in the deepest area of the Pacific's Mariana Trench in 2016. They will launch manned diving in this area in 2019, with the Rainbow Fish submersible and other deep-sea devices.

China's manned submersible Jiaolong reached its deepest depth of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in June 2012.


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None the less interesting design :D
Its good to see china exploring the depths of sea and as well as depth of technology.
Good work, look forward to see more wonders from deep blue :)
 
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China's Oceanography University, Shanghai, announces the construction of a deep seas explorer system to explore as deep as 10,000 meter depths, such as the Mariana Trench. The mother ship will be able to sustain 60 days of voyage, 15,000 km. It is slated to be launched for service in 2016.

The rising New China is reaching out in all directions, exploring what we now call the Chinese Dream.



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4月18日,参观者在观看“彩虹鱼”可抵达的全球深渊区分布图。
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