Patents by Inventor Sung-Kyu Lee

Sung-Kyu Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10150720
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device and a method for preparing alkanol. According to the present application, energy can be reduced when preparing alkanol by reducing the amount of steam used in a reboiler or cooling water used in a condenser, and steam generated from a heat exchanger for overhead stream can be utilized in a variety of fields. Also, highly pure alkanol can be prepared according to the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Jong Ku Lee
  • Publication number: 20180319949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent recovery apparatus and a solvent recovery method, and the solvent recovery apparatus and method according to the present application can reduce the used amount of steam in a synthetic rubber production process, and can reduce the used amount of energy by recovering the waste heat discarded through a condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20180319948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent separation apparatus and a waste heat utilization method, and the solvent separation apparatus and the waste heat utilization method according to the present application can reduce the used amount of cooling water and the used amount of steam, in a process of separating a polymer and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Ha Na Lee, Joon Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20180312456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preparing bisphenol A, and provides an apparatus and a method for preparing bisphenol A that can increase the energy efficiency of the entire process by utilizing an internal heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tae Woo KIM, Sung Kyu LEE, Joon Ho SHIN
  • Patent number: 10112122
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device and a method for preparing alkanol. According to the present application, energy can be reduced when preparing alkanol by reducing the amount of steam used in a reboiler or cooling water used in a condenser and a cooler, and steam generated from a heat exchanger for column top stream can be utilized in a variety of fields. Also, highly pure alkanol can be prepared according to the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Jong Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 10105670
    Abstract: Disclosed are a heat recovery device and a heat recovery method. According to the heat recovery device, it is possible to recovery heat which is discontinuously generated in a batch reactor. In addition, a heat-exchanged heat exchange medium is supplied to a heat storage facility so that various kinds and a great quantity of steams can be produced, if necessary, thereby utilizing these produced steams in various industrial fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Woo Kim, Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20180297915
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing ethylene with improved energy efficiency which can reduce energy due to direct heat exchange between processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Kyun KIM, Sung-Kyu LEE, Tae-Woo KIM, Joon-Ho SHIN, Yeon-Uk CHOO, Sa-Eun PARK
  • Publication number: 20180235751
    Abstract: A method and system provide an ophthalmic device including an optic and a haptic. The optic includes at least one optical material having a first Young's modulus. The haptic is coupled with the optic. The haptic includes at least a second Young's modulus greater than the first Young's modulus and less than 1.8 GPa. Thus, the haptic is stiffer than the optic, but more flexible than a material such as polymethyl metacrylate (PMMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Sung Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10030226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transduced T cell precursor prepared by introducing a gene construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein) to a T cell precursor and overexpressing the C/EBP thereby, wherein the transduced T cell precursor is capable of differentiating into a regulatory T cell and an induced regulatory T cell differentiated therefrom. The transduced T cell precursor and the induced regulatory T cell may be useful for preventing and treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and graft rejections caused by the malfunction of immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Rho Hyun Seong, Sung Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20180178141
    Abstract: By using the distillation device of the present application, energy loss occurring in a purification process of a solution including a waste stripper and a stripped photoresist resin used in a stripping process of a photoresist can be minimized and the installation cost of the distillation device can be reduced compared to the case in which dual distillation columns are used, thereby increasing the economic feasibility of a process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Si Nae LEE, Sung Kyu LEE, Sang Beom LEE, Sung Ho LEE, Jeong Seok KIM, Joon Ho SHIN, Dae Chul JUNG, Yong Hee JANG, Tae Moon PARK, Hyun Jik YI
  • Publication number: 20180169542
    Abstract: The present application relates to a distillation device. When a feedstock containing acetone and methanol is separated using a distillation device according to the present application, a methanol removal distillation column may be located at a position for easily separating methanol to solve a problem due to accumulation of methanol in the process and to lower the methanol content in the acetone product, and thus the lifetime of catalysts can be extended, and moreover, methanol can be removed with good efficiency from a flow of the lower part of the distillation column obtaining the final acetone product by using only the conventional phase separator and one methanol removal distillation column further installed, so that the acetone product obtained from the upper part of the distillation column obtaining the acetone product can be obtained in high purity and the operating cost and the equipment cost of equipments can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yeon Uk CHOO, Sung Kyu LEE, Tae Woo KIm, Jong Suh PARK, Joon Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180154278
    Abstract: The present application relates to a distillation device and a distillation method, and according to the distillation device of the present application, it is possible to minimize the energy losses that occur in the refining process of the raw material containing the monomer and the solvent used in the polymerization process of the thermoplastic elastomer and to reduce the installation cost of the distillation device more than the case of refinement with two distillation columns, and thus the process economics may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Sung Kyu LEE, Joon Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180135914
    Abstract: The present application relates to a heat recovery apparatus and method, and according to the heat recovery apparatus and method of the present application, since the low-grade heat source of less than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Tae Woo KIM, Sung Kyu LEE, Joon Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180131869
    Abstract: An electronic device for image processing and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a lens part, an image sensor, a memory, and at least one image processor. The at least one image processor for processing an image signal of the image sensor is configured to collect first image data through the image sensor at a first time, collect first recognition information about a plurality of objects recognized from the first image data, collect second image data through the image sensor at a second time, collect second recognition information about an object recognized from the second image data, and determine an object of interest of a user based on a difference between the first recognition information and the second recognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Do Han KIM, Jae Hyoung PARK, Sung Kyu LEE, Kwang Tai KIM, Ha Joong PARK, Dong Hyun YEOM, Jong Hoon WON
  • Patent number: 9919238
    Abstract: The present application relates to a distillation apparatus and a separation method, and according to the distillation apparatus and the separation method of the present application, it is possible to separate a material to be separated during the separation of a mixture of three or more components, for example, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate with high purity, and to achieve an object of saving energy during the separation and purification process of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Sung Kyun Kim, Jong Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 9895624
    Abstract: The present application relates to a distillation device and a distillation method, and according to the distillation device and method of the present application, channeling occurring during the separation of a mixture may be blocked, thereby enhancing the separation efficiency and achieving energy saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Sung Kyun Kim, Jong Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 9895625
    Abstract: The present application relates to an apparatus for purifying isopropyl alcohol. The present application enables isopropyl alcohol to be obtained in a high purity from a feed comprising water and isopropyl alcohol with a minimum amount of energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Jong Ku Lee, Joon Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9884264
    Abstract: There are provided a dividing wall distillation column for producing high-purity acrylic acid, and a fractional distillation method using the same. The dividing wall distillation column includes a condenser, a reboiler and a main column having a dividing wall. Here, the main column is divided into a column-top zone, an upper feed zone, an upper outflow zone, a lower feed zone, a lower outflow zone and a column-bottom zone. Also, a crude acrylic acid raw material (F) flows in a middle inflow plate NR1 in which the upper feed zone and the lower teed zone come in contact with each other, a low boiling point component (D) flows out from the column-top zone, a high boiling point component (B) flows out from the column-bottom zone, and a middle boiling point component (S) flows out through a middle outflow plate NR2 in which the upper outflow zone and the lower outflow zone come in contact with each other. In this case, the middle boiling point component is acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Jong Ku Lee, Joon Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9861907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dividing wall distillation column for producing high-purity n-butanol, and a method for the production of high-purity n-butanol by fractional distillation. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method which provides a dividing wall distillation column with crude n-butanol as a feed to perform a fractional distillation of n-butanol, and an apparatus thereof. The dividing wall distillation column of the present invention exhibits the effects of a two distillation column from only one distillation column, thereby reducing energy and the costs of installing the apparatus as compared to conventional distillation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Kyu Lee, Joon-Ho Shin, Jong-Ku Lee
  • Patent number: 9849402
    Abstract: Trihalosilane refining device having a divided wall distillation column is disclosed. The trihalosilane refining device can be useful in obtaining high-purity trihalosilane from a feed containing a trihalosilane while consuming a small amount of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Jong Ku Lee, Sung Kyun Kim