The invention relates to a
sediment pressure-holding sampler driven by
hydrostatic pressure. The prior device is limited in
insertion depth, large and heavy in supporting frame. The sampler comprises an
impact component, a flow distribution component, a driving component and a sampling tube component, wherein the
impact component comprises an
impact tube, a guide sleeve and an impact
piston cylinder, the flow distribution component comprises a supporting tube and a flow distribution valve; the driving component comprises a driving
piston cylinder and a driving
piston; the sampling tube component comprises a
guide tube, a pressure-holding tube, a sampling
pipe and a pressure-replenishing hose; and the impact tube, the supporting tube, the impact
piston cylinder, the
guide tube, the pressure-holding tube and the sampling
pipe are coaxially arranged. The sampler fully utilizes the huge energy of
seawater hydrostatic pressure, injects
sediment for sampling in a form similar to vibropiling, and can use the energy in subsequent sample pressure holding. Relative to the prior sampler, the sampler has the advantages of larger sampling depth under the same weight condition, obviously promoted
sample collection rate and capability of performing truth-preserving sampling on hard
sediment which cannot be sampled by gravity-type sediment truth-preserving samplers.