Patents Assigned to Energy Research
  • Publication number: 20250121531
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a waste plastic gasification device including: a raw material input unit for inputting waste plastic raw materials; a first gasification unit that pyrolyzes the waste plastic raw materials at low temperatures using superheated steam to produce a mixed gas and preheats residual raw materials that have not been decomposed; a second gasification unit that further decomposes the preheated residual raw materials through plasma to produce the mixed gas; a residue discharge unit that stores and discharges waste plastic residual melt slag that has not been decomposed in the second gasification unit; and a heat exchange unit for cooling the mixed gas generated in the first gasification unit and the second gasification unit, wherein the second gasification unit is inclined in a direction of the residue discharge unit to discharge the waste plastic residual melt slag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Chong Pyo CHO, Joeng Geun KIM, Jong Won CHOI, Young Jin SHIN, Seung Jea LEE
  • Patent number: 12224469
    Abstract: A method is provided to optimize the surface of a carbon electrode for flow battery. A reaction solution is prepared as containing a requested ratio of functional group. After spraying the reaction solution on the carbon electrode, a number of related parameters of an atmospheric plasma are set for activation the carbon electrode. Thus, the functional group is covalently bonded on the surface of the carbon electrode according to requirement. Thereby, an accurate control of the type and number of the functional group bonded on the surface of the carbon electrode is achieved with the stability and performance of flow battery further enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Ning-Yih Hsu, Hung-Hsien Ku, Han-Jou Lin, Qiao-Ya Chen
  • Publication number: 20250041832
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing a sol solution for forming porous alumina films having high heat resistance and high specific surface area and excellent adhesion to various substrate surfaces is provided. The method can include preparing an alkoxysilane and an aluminum solution separately, precipitating a silicon compound adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide in a solution of the alkoxysilane and the aluminum solution, and washing the precipitate filtered from the mixed solution with water to prepare a precipitate cake. A slurry solution is prepared by adding water to the precipitate cake, a pH adjusting treatment is performed on the slurry solution, and then an autoclave treatment is performed to prepare SiO2Al2O3 containing sol solution. A pH value of the slurry solution is controlled within a specific pH range in which the solution state of the SiO2Al2O3 containing sol solution after the autoclave treatment is a sol state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: Renaissance Energy Research Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akira HASEGAWA, Osamu OKADA, Hiromi NAKAMURA, Shizuka OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 12216090
    Abstract: A device is provided for blade detection. The device comprises a supporting frame, a linear track, and a fixture. The supporting frame comprises a plurality of aluminum extruded bodies with connectors thereof and a plurality of rotating adjusting pads with fixing plates thereof; the linear track comprises a plurality of tracks with connectors thereof and a plurality of sliders; and the fixture comprises a bearing holder part, a bearing connector, a sliding rod, a joint bearer with a connector thereof, a chuck, and a detector. On detecting a blade, the present invention helps the detector to be maintained on the blade surface for detection in horizontal and vertical directions without deviating from track; and the detector is in contact with the blade surface to move precisely and regularly without missing or repeating detection areas. Thus, the area is detected completely with time saved and accuracy improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R. O.C.
    Inventors: Yu-Chu Lin, Wei-Nian Su
  • Patent number: 12206117
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles using carbon monoxide, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles, the method of which a simple and fast one-pot reaction enables particle manufacturing to reduce process costs, facilitate scale-up, change various types of core and shell metals, and form a multi-layered shell by including the steps of adsorbing carbon monoxide on a transition metal for a core, and reacting carbon monoxide adsorbed on the surface of the transition metal for the core, a metal precursor for a shell, and a solvent to form particles with a core-shell structure having a reduced metal shell layer formed on a transition metal core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Gu-gon Park, Eun Jik Lee, Kyunghee Kim, Sung-dae Yim, Seok-hee Park, Min-ji Kim, Young-jun Sohn, Byungchan Bae, Seung-gon Kim, Dongwon Shin, Hwanyeong Oh, Seung Hee Woo, So Jeong Lee, Hyejin Lee, Yoon Young Choi, Won-yong Lee, Tae-hyun Yang
  • Publication number: 20250015396
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an alkali metal thermal-to-electric converter including a thermal-to-electric conversion cell including three layers including an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer, having a convex-concave shape with alternately appearing concave and convex portions, and configured to move alkali metal ions through the solid electrolyte layer, a high temperature portion that supplies a high temperature alkali metal fluid to the anode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell, and a low temperature portion that condenses the alkaline metal fluid discharged to the cathode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell to a low temperature and moves the alkaline metal fluid to the high temperature portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: In Sub HAN, Wook Hyun LEE, Ji Haeng YU, Se Young KIM, Sun Dong KIM, Jong Won CHOI, Tae Woo KIM, Dae Gyun LEE
  • Patent number: 12166253
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolytic reduction system of a vanadium electrolyte and a method for producing the electrolyte. The electrolytic reduction system includes a separating device and an electrolytic tank. The separating device is configured to separate a mixture consisting of a vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) solid and a sulfate acid solution, thereby obtaining a vanadium solution from a liquid discharging port of the separating device and a vanadium solid from a solid discharging port. The vanadium solution includes pentavalent vanadium ions. The electrolytic tank connects to the liquid discharging port of the separating device to contain the vanadium solution. In the method for producing the vanadium electrolyte, other chemical reagents are unnecessarily to be added into the mixture, and the vanadium solution is subjected to an electrolytic reduction process, such that the pentavalent vanadium ions are reduced to tetravalent vanadium ions and trivalent vanadium ions in the electrolytic tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Hsieh, Cian-Tong Lu, Ya-Hsin Chang, Kan-Lin Hsueh
  • Patent number: 12013499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simultaneous analysis of radiocarbon and tritium, the method including (i) mixing a radioactive waste sample containing a radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an oxidizing agent; (ii) oxidizing the radiocarbon nuclide in the radioactive waste sample to a gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by the oxidizing agent while suppressing volatilization of compounds containing gamma radionuclides other than the radiocarbon nuclide and tritium; (iii) discharging the gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide by injecting an inert gas to the mixture; (iv) vaporizing and discharging the tritiated water in the mixture; and (v) analyzing radioactivity of radiocarbon and tritium from the discharged gas containing an oxide of the radiocarbon nuclide and tritiated water, and an apparatus for analysis of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Hong Joo Ahn, Hwan Seo Park, Jong Kwang Lee, Ki Rak Lee, Kwang Jae Son
  • Patent number: 12006484
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for preparing fuel using high-acid-value biological grease, which can be processed through triple deoxidization steps, i.e., thermal cracking deoxygenation-catalytic cracking deoxygenation-catalytic hydrodeoxygenation. By use of the method and system of the invention, the raw material of the high-acid-value biological grease can be gradually deoxidized to reduce the acid value and thereby prepare a clean fuel with equivalent fuel components as those obtained from crude oil refining or direct hydrodeoxygenation for biological grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: ECO Environmental Energy Research Institute Limited, Tianjin University
    Inventors: Bin Xu, Kam Shing Siu, Chunjian Xu, Yongchao He
  • Patent number: 11975821
    Abstract: Provided is a flight device that can surely perform transformation operations of legs supporting a fuselage base in landing. A flight device 10 includes: a fuselage base 14; a first leg 26 provided on the fuselage base 14 and transformable between a flight state and a landing state; a second leg 27 provided on the fuselage base 14 as a separate body from the first leg 26 and transformable between the flight state and the landing state; a first drive unit 281 and a second drive unit 282 configured to drive transformation operations of the first leg 26 and the second leg 27; and an operation interconnecting mechanism 16 configured to interconnect the first leg 26 and the second leg 27 in terms of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ishikawa, Taro Fukuda, Takuma Takezawa, Nobuyuki Tada
  • Patent number: 11965257
    Abstract: A method for preparing a COF-protected electrode and an electrode are provided. The method includes mixing an organic framework, a small molecular organic acid and a solvent, adding a polar aqueous solution containing a substrate thereto, mixing the above uniformly and heating the system at a low temperature under an inert atmosphere, filtering the solution to obtain precipitates, washing and drying the precipitates to obtain a COF film grown on a surface of the substrate; coating a protective layer on the COF film to obtain a substrate/COF/protective layer film; etching off the substrate to obtain a COF/protective layer film; and transferring the COF/protective layer film to a surface of the electrode, and removing the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Chang Zhang, Jinyi Wang, Zhibo Ren, Pengjie Wang, Xianming Xu, Huan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240127977
    Abstract: An apparatus for eliminating residual heat of a nuclear reactor for vehicle mounting include: a reactor vessel in which molten salt flows; and a reactor cooler for cooling the reactor vessel. The reactor cooler includes: a first cooling unit including a heat medium that exchanges heat with the reactor vessel, and one or more heat dissipation pipes providing passages through which water coolant flows; and a second cooling unit configured to receive the water coolant discharged from the first cooling unit and cool the water coolant through an external fluid. The second cooling unit is configured such that the cooled water coolant flows into the first cooling unit in a normal position and in an abnormal position inclined to be perpendicular to the normal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyung Jun KANG, Sang Ji KIM
  • Publication number: 20240106222
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an arc risk management method comprising: pre-processing measurement values of currents flowing into an electric apparatus; estimating a level of arc energy in the electric apparatus by inputting the measurement values into one artificial intelligence network comprising a first layer including a dilated convolutional neural network and a second layer including a recurrent neural network; and indicating an arc risk to the electric apparatus in a quantitative way according to the level of arc energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Yoon Dong SUNG, Gi Hwan YOON, Kuk-Yeol BAE, Suk In PARK, Mo Se KANG, Hak Geun JEONG, Hye Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20240050607
    Abstract: The disclosure provides disinfection devices and lighting devices. For example, there is provided a lighting device configured to be driven by an HFAC power supply, the lighting device comprising a light, a first circuit comprising a first secondary coil electrically connected to the light and configured to be coupled to an HFAC power supply, a second circuit electrically connected to the light and comprising a secondary coil configured to be coupled to an HFAC power supply, a HFAC to DC converter, a DC to AC driver, a clock pulse generator and a transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Energy Research Lab Ltd
    Inventor: Lee Harrison
  • Patent number: 11897172
    Abstract: A polar plate is fabricated. The polar plate is flexible and made of a plastic graphite composite. No matter a supporting member is used for calendering or not, a thin polar plate with controllable thickness is fabricated. The polar plate is excellent in blocking the through-transmission of vanadium ions and the limit of blending ratio of conductive carbon is broken through. The longitudinal through-transmission volume resistivity (proportional resistance to thickness) is greatly improved by adjusting the blending ratio of conductive carbon for meeting the demand of conductivity. In the mean time, the present invention strengthens the rigidity required for the thin polar plate while providing large-area polar plate fabrication for industrial use and convenience and provides a cooling and pressing method for patterning a composite polar plate. An integrated mold is thus obtained to replace the conventional polar plate which needs to be processed and prepared with runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsien Ku, Ning-Yih Hsu, Han-Jou Lin, Tai-Feng Hung, Qiao-Ya Chen
  • Patent number: 11879669
    Abstract: A flat-plate water-heating photovoltaic/thermal module and a production process thereof are disclosed. The flat-plate water-heating photovoltaic/thermal module includes a frame. The lower surface of the frame is provided with a heat preservation back plate. The upper surface of the frame is sequentially laminated with a glass cover plate, a first photovoltaic cell laminating adhesive, a photovoltaic cell slice, a second photovoltaic cell laminating adhesive, a transparent back plate, a third photovoltaic cell laminating adhesive and a heat absorbing component from top to bottom. A heat preservation cavity is formed between the heat preservation back plate and the heat absorption part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Institute of Energy Research, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chenglong Luo, Liyuan Sun, Wu Zou, Jihai Xiong, Min Fan, Bin Wan
  • Publication number: 20240014688
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a HFAC power supply configured to be powered by a DC supply, the HFAC power supply comprising a power circuit, a load circuit and a controller, the power circuit and the load circuit being inductively coupled, the power circuit comprising a voltage regulator configured to output an output voltage, a DC to AC driver and a driver circuit comprising an LC resonant bridge circuit and a primary inductor inductively coupled to the load circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Energy Research Lab Ltd
    Inventor: Lee Harrison
  • Patent number: 11826719
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adsorbent containing a metal oxide for adsorption of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Il Hyun Baek, Sung Chan Nam
  • Patent number: 11804337
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrochemical device forming a chip-capacitor or a super-capacitor. The electrochemical device includes: a ceramic substrate having a nonconductive ceramic layer, a current collecting layer disposed on a nonconductive ceramic layer and made of ceramic or cermet, and a metal layer arranged on outer surfaces of the nonconductive ceramic layer and the current collecting layer; an electrode having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and formed on the current collecting layer; and a nonconductive ceramic packaging module located on the ceramic substrate to accommodate electrolyte therein, wherein the metal layer is exposed to the outside of the nonconductive ceramic packaging module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Jung Joon Yoo, Ji Haeng Yu, Kyong Sik Yun, Jeong Hun Baek, Hyeon Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11791475
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles using carbon monoxide, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles, the method of which a simple and fast one-pot reaction enables particle manufacturing to reduce process costs, facilitate scale-up, change various types of core and shell metals, and form a multi-layered shell by including the steps of adsorbing carbon monoxide on a transition metal for a core, and reacting carbon monoxide adsorbed on the surface of the transition metal for the core, a metal precursor for a shell, and a solvent to form particles with a core-shell structure having a reduced metal shell layer formed on a transition metal core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Gu-Gon Park, Eun Jik Lee, Kyunghee Kim, Sung-dae Yim, Seok-hee Park, Min-ji Kim, Young-jun Sohn, Byungchan Bae, Seung-gon Kim, Dongwon Shin, Hwanyeong Oh, Seung Hee Woo, So Jeong Lee, Hyejin Lee, Yoon Young Choi, Won-Yong Lee, Tae-hyun Yang