Patents Assigned to KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
  • Publication number: 20180078892
    Abstract: Wet-type carbon dioxide capturing equipment includes a CO2 absorption tower where CO2 of an exhaust gas reacts with an absorbent, a CO2 stripping tower where CO2 is separated from a rich solution absorbed the CO2 in the CO2 absorption tower, a reboiler for supplying thermal energy to the CO2 stripping tower to separate the CO2 from the rich solution in the CO2 stripping tower, a first heat exchanger for heating the rich solution by exchanging heat between a lean solution having the CO2 separated therefrom in the CO2 stripping tower and the rich solution, a mechanical vapor recompressor (MVR) for compressing a CO2 gas separated in the CO2 stripping tower, and a second heat exchanger for separating a portion of CO2 from the rich solution by heating the rich solution by exchanging heat between the CO2 gas compressed in the MVR and the rich solution passing through the first heat exchanger, in which the rich solution having CO2 that is not separated in the second heat exchanger is input to the CO2 stripping tower
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Young Ill LEE, Tea Young LIM, Seong Pill CHO, Eun Kyu CHOI, Sung Mun YOON
  • Publication number: 20180033500
    Abstract: In an externally integrated once-through steam generator type small modular reactor, a steam generator is arranged along the circumference of a reactor vessel, and secondary cooling water flows in heat transfer tubes and changes to superheated steam. The small modular reactor includes: a nuclear reactor including a hemispherical upper head, the reactor vessel cylindrical shell coupled to the upper head and extending downward from the upper head in a cylindrical shape, and a hemispherical lower head provided on a lower portion of the reactor vessel cylindrical shell, wherein a core is placed in the nuclear reactor; the steam generator surrounding all around the reactor vessel cylindrical shell, the steam generator including a first penetration hole communicating with an inside of the nuclear reactor and a second penetration hole separate from the first penetration hole and communicating with the inside of the nuclear reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Ho PARK, Jong Min Kim, Kyu Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20180033505
    Abstract: In an externally integrated steam generator type small modular reactor, a steam generator is arranged along the circumference of a reactor vessel cylindrical shell, and a steam drum is arranged along the circumference of the steam generator. The small modular reactor includes: a nuclear reactor including a hemispherical upper head, the reactor vessel cylindrical shell coupled to the upper head and extending downward from the upper head in a cylindrical shape, and a hemispherical lower head provided on a lower portion of the reactor vessel cylindrical shell, wherein a core is placed in the nuclear reactor; the steam generator surrounding all around the reactor vessel cylindrical shell and including a first penetration hole communicating with an inside of the nuclear reactor; and the steam drum surrounding the circumference of the steam generator and including a second penetration hole communicating with an inside of the steam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Ho PARK, Jong Min KIM, Kyu Wan KIM
  • Patent number: 9847146
    Abstract: An anti-seismic apparatus for control element drive mechanisms of a nuclear reactor includes: an anti-seismic support plate including a plurality of insertion holes in which the control element drive mechanisms are respectively inserted; and bushings inserted between outer surfaces of the control element drive mechanisms and inner surfaces of the insertion holes. The support plate includes an upper support plate comprising a plurality of first insertion holes, a lower support plate comprising a plurality of second insertion holes at positions corresponding to the first insertion holes, and a connection part connecting the upper support plate and the lower support plate. The connection part includes a support beam vertically extending from an end portion of the lower support plate, an inner flange extending inward from an upper end portion of the support beam, and an outer flange extending outward from the upper end portion of the support beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Tae Kyo Kang, Yeon Ho Cho, Sung Jun Kim, Jong Sang Won, Sang Gyoon Chang
  • Publication number: 20170213607
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism for a reactor vessel (RV) cable penetration tube improves the functional and structural integrity of a cable inserted in an RV through a penetration tube due to use of a precise thimble. The sealing mechanism includes a penetration tube configured to penetrate an RV from an outside to an inside thereof and having a penetration hole for communication with the inside of the RV, a cable configured to be inserted in the RV through the penetration hole of the penetration tube, and a thimble placed between the cable and the penetration tube, wherein a dimple groove portion is provided on the thimble in a direction from an outer surface of the penetration hole toward the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo PARK, Won Ho LEE, Young Ju KWON, Myoung Goo LEE, Sang Gyoon CHANG, Dae Hee LEE
  • Patent number: 9711245
    Abstract: A magnetic jack type control element drive mechanism for precision position control of a control element assembly, satisfies the following conditions: D1=D2=P+D5; D3=P×2; D4=D3×(N?½), (N is an arbitrary natural number), wherein D1 represents a lift gap of the upper motor assembly; D2 represents a lift gap of the lower motor assembly; D3 represents a space width between tips of adjacent teeth of the drive shaft; D4 represents a gap between an upper latch and a lower latch; P represents pitch that is a distance of ascent or descent of the drive shaft; and D5 represents a margin which is a separation space between the teeth and the upper latch or the lower latch when the upper latch or the lower latch is inserted into the teeth of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Seok Park, Yong Tae Jang, Myoung Goo Lee, Sang Gyoon Chang, Dae Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20170191583
    Abstract: A fastening-type pipe supporting apparatus capable of supporting a curved pipe against loads acting on a curved portion of the pipe via clamps having curved surfaces and being easily attached to and detached from the curved portion of the pipe. The fastening-type pipe supporting apparatus includes: a first clamp having a semicircular cross-sectional shape and a curved surface with a curvature to surround the curved portion of a pipe; a second clamp having a semicircular cross-sectional shape and a curved surface with a curvature to surround the curved portion of the pipe, the second clamp being coupled to the first clamp; a connection bolt coupling the first clamp with the second clamp; and a washer placed around the connection bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Youn Ho WON, Joon Ho LEE, Soo Kyum KIM, Hoi Myung KIM
  • Patent number: 9613383
    Abstract: Power plant field monitoring system and method using a QR code in which, when a user photographs a QR code attached to a monitoring field and transmits the photographed QR code to a route server, the route server transmits matching information that matches the transmitted QR code, from among process values at the monitoring field which are collected by a main control server, to a user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Chang Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9583226
    Abstract: The cooling duct assembly for a control element drive mechanism (CEDM) includes a skirt that is combined on a circumference of a reactor head and has first air channels in an inner side thereof; a lower duct that is combined with an upper side of the skirt, has second air channels that are connected to the first air channels, and is disposed to surround a circumference of the CEDM; and an upper duct, an edge of which is combined with the cooling air handling device, and other edge of which is detachably combined with the lower duct, wherein air that cools the CEDM is discharged to the outside after sequentially passing the first air channels, the second air channels, the upper duct, and the cooling air handling device, and the upper duct separated from the lower duct is lifted together with the cooling air handling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Myoung Goo Lee, Woo Cheol Choi, Yeon Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20170004893
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a position of a control rod includes a control rod driving shaft having an outer circumferential surface on which position information is marked, a mirror configured to reflect the position information, and a detector configured to detect a position of the control rod driving shaft from the position information reflected from the mirror, when the control rod driving shaft moves vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicants: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., KNU-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: In Bae CHANG, Dae Hee LEE, Sang Gyoon JANG, Myoung Goo LEE, Jin Seok PARK, Yong Tae JANG, Chang Kyu CHUNG, Cheol Soo MAENG
  • Patent number: 9293621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for generating photovoltaic power. The system for generating photovoltaic power is characterized by including: a light collection part shaped like a dome bulged outward and having a light condenser lens unit for condensing incident light rays; a light diffusion part having a light diffusion lens unit for diffusing the light rays collected by the light collection part; and a solar panel for receiving the light rays diffused by the light diffusion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Kepco Engineering & Construction Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 9222848
    Abstract: Provided is a leakage detection device using siphon principle. The leakage detection device includes a water level measuring tube that has a closed lower end portion and includes a first inflow port through which leakage water flows, a water collection tank that accommodates the water level measuring tube, a discharging pipe that includes a first inducing pipe vertically disposed in the water level measuring tube, a connecting pipe extended from an upper end portion of the first inducing pipe through a sidewall of the water level measuring tube, and a second inducing pipe extended from one end portion of the connecting pipe to a lower side of the water collection tank, a lower end portion of the second inducing pipe being disposed lower in position than a lower end portion of the first inducing pipe, and a water level measurer that detects a level of the leakage water flowed into the water level measuring tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Dae Gwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20150294042
    Abstract: Provided is a method of the simulation construction for measurement of the control rod insertion time including a three-dimensional modeling operation of an inside wall of the nuclear reactor, a control rod, etc; a flow field configuration operation wherein the flow field is differentially configured by a variable grid system comprising variable cells which change the configuration and by an aligned grid system comprising fixed cells which maintains the configuration; a calculation operation of simulation estimated value for the insertion time by analyzing the thermal-hydraulic phenomenon using the three-dimensional CFD; and a cell change operation, wherein an error between the estimated value and the actual value is verified whether the error lies within the reference range, and, when the error exceeds the reference range, the size of the variable cell and/or of the size of the fixed cell is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ryun Kim, Cheol Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 9091765
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring radioactivity without loss of radioactive particles. The apparatus includes a sampler that collects a radioactive sample from an exhaust pipe, a sample detector that is provided adjacent to the exhaust pipe and includes a particle collecting filter and a first radioactivity detector, a sample transporting pipe that extends from the sample detector and transports the radioactive sample from which the radioactive particles have been removed, a sample transporting pump that is provided at the sample transporting pipe, and a gaseous radioactivity detector that is provided at the sample transporting pipe and detects a radioactivity of the radioactive sample from which the radioactive particles have been removed. The particle collecting filter filters out the radioactive particles from the radioactive sample and the first radioactivity detector detects a radioactivity of the radioactive particles filtered out by the particle collecting filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company, Inc.
    Inventor: You Seok Baek
  • Publication number: 20150187445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a burnable absorber-integrated control rod guide thimble that guides an up-and-down motion of a control rod provided to control reactivity of a reactor core. The control rod guide thimble includes burnable absorbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yong Hee KIM, Hwan Yeal YU, Mohd Skyukri Bin YAHYA, Kwang Won LEE, Jong Joo SOHN, Hyeong Heon KIM, In Ho SONG, In Ho BAE
  • Publication number: 20140338725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for generating photovoltaic power. The system for generating photovoltaic power is characterized by including: a light collection part shaped like a dome bulged outward and having a light condenser lens unit for condensing incident light rays; a light diffusion part having a light diffusion lens unit for diffusing the light rays collected by the light collection part; and a solar panel for receiving the light rays diffused by the light diffusion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Yong Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20140318599
    Abstract: Provided is a stacking system for photovoltaic power generation modules. The stacking system includes: first and second support spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of rest plates whose both ends are respectively coupled to the first and second support for placing the photovoltaic power generation module on the rest plates. The photovoltaic power generation modules are stacked by placing the photovoltaic power generation module on the rest plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Yong Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20140177772
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for controlling a gain according to a water level change rate of a steam generator in nuclear power plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: See Chae JEONG, Ju Han LEE, Jong Joo SOHN, Myung Jun SONG, Chan Eok PARK
  • Publication number: 20140105803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a deNOx catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides (NOx) included in exhaust gas and the like. One embodiment of the present invention discloses a V2O5(vanadium pentoxide)-TiO2(titanium dioxide)-based deNOx catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides through selective catalytic reduction by dry-ball-milling crystalline titanium dioxide (TiO2) powder and crystalline vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Hong, Sung Pill Cho, Chang Hoon Shin, Bok Yeon Yang, Sang Woo Shin, Sung Chang Hong, Kwang Hee Park, Sung Su Kim, Sang Moon Lee, Dong Wook Kwon
  • Publication number: 20130179125
    Abstract: A method of reducing errors when calculating a shape annealing function (SAF) of an ex-core detector of a nuclear power plant is provided. The method comprises 3-dimensionally modeling elements of the nuclear power plant comprising a nuclear reactor core, an ex-core detector disposed in a nuclear reactor cavity, and nuclear reactor structures arranged between the nuclear reactor core and the ex-core detector; predicting an arrival position for emitted neutrons, by using a Monte Carlo method when a neutron source arranged at the ex-core detector and neutrons emitted towards the nuclear reactor core, the predicted arrival position indicating where the emitted neutron will arrive at the nuclear reactor core; and producing an SAF based on a correlation between the neutron source arranged at the ex-core detector and the predicted arrival position of the neutrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Kepco Engineering & Constrution Company, Inc.