Patents Assigned to Korea Electric Power Corporation
  • Patent number: 9329095
    Abstract: There is provided a method for evaluating prestressing force of a bonded tendon. The method includes: striking a prestressing strand of a bonded tendon with an impact hammer; measuring an acceleration response signal from the prestressing strand using an accelerometer, and receiving the acceleration response signal with a data logger; and calculating stress wave velocity based on the acceleration response signal received by the data logger, and evaluating prestressing force of the bonded tendon, based on the calculated stress wave velocity, using a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Bum Jang, Byeong-Hwa Kim, Hong-Pyo Lee
  • Publication number: 20160109183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multipath cross flow heat exchanger and, more particularly, to a multipath cross flow heat exchanger, capable of preventing degradation of the cooling performance for cooling a superconductor which may occur when circulation of liquid nitrogen in a circulation tube is not efficient, by forming a cooling tube, in which a refrigerant for cooling liquid nitrogen flows, to intersect multiple times with the circulation tube, in which the liquid nitrogen is circulated, to thereby freeze the liquid nitrogen by the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung-Suk YANG, Si-Dole HWANG, Song-Ho SOHN, Seong-Woo IM, Ji-Hyun LIM, Ho-Myung CHANG, Chan-Woo PARK, Gyeong-Hyeon GWAK
  • Publication number: 20160072290
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating a distributed generator in connection with a power system includes an input unit which receives a parameter calculated using power system information and a voltage and a current at a point of common coupling with the distributed generator, with which the distributed generator is connected, a calculation unit which calculates an operating power factor instruction value and an active output instruction value using the parameter and the voltage and current at the point of common coupling with the distributed generator input to the input unit, and a control communication unit which determines and transmits the operating power factor instruction value and the active output instruction value according to the voltage at the point of common coupling with the distributed generator input to the input unit and an admissible voltage upper limit at the point of common coupling with the distributed generator to the distributed generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Soo CHO, Won Wook JUNG, Il Keun SONG, Sang Ok KIM, Joon Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 9261420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital device and a method for measuring the axial load of a torque-shear-type high strength bolt. One embodiment of the digital device of the present invention includes: a main body portion which is connected to an electromotive wrench fastening a torque-shear-type high strength bolt; a measurement portion disposed at the main body portion to measure the axial load of the torque-shear-type high strength bolt using a quantity of the electricity from the electromotive wrench; a power supply portion disposed at the main body portion and including a power lead-in portion for receiving an external power supply and a power lead-out portion for supplying power to the electromotive wrench; and a display portion displaying the axial force value measured by the measurement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeon Ju Lee, Hwan Seon Nah, Kang Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 9194897
    Abstract: An electronic watt-hour meter of according to an aspect of the invention includes: a first multiplexer receiving a plurality of detected currents detected in respective polyphase power lines in parallel; a first signal converter converting a signal output from the first multiplexer into a digital signal; a first demultiplexer outputting a serial input from the first signal converter in parallel; a line voltage generator generating a plurality of line voltages from the plurality of detected voltages; a second multiplexer receiving the plurality of line voltages in parallel, to output the received line voltages in series; a second signal converter converting a signal output from the second multiplexer into a digital signal; a second demultiplexer outputting a serial input from the second signal converter in parallel; and an calculating unit calculating a power value from a signal output from the first demultiplexer and a signal output from the second demultiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventor: Shin Jae Kang
  • Patent number: 9138682
    Abstract: A CO2 absorbent for exhaust gas capable of being repeatedly used in capturing and recycling of CO2 is provided. The CO2 absorbent for exhaust gas capturing CO2 included in exhaust gas is composed of solid materials including an active component at 5 to 70 wt %, a support at 5 to 70 wt %, an inorganic binder at 5 to 70 wt % and a recycling improver at 5 to 70 wt %. The CO2 absorbent for exhaust gas having such a composition meets the requirements for processes, including physical properties such as a spherical shape, an average particle size and size distribution, a tap density and attrition resistance, and has excellent CO2 absorbing capability and recycling capability. The carbon dioxide absorbent for exhaust gas satisfies physical characteristics such as spherical shape, average particle size and size distribution, tap density, attrition resistance and the like required for processes, and has excellent CO2 absorption and recycling capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joong-Beom Lee, Chong-Kul Ryu, Won-Sik Jeon, Jeom-In Baek, Tae-Hyeong Eom
  • Patent number: 9110110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bidirectional 3 phase power meter for compensating reverse load flow and a method for metering thereby. According to the present invention, there is provided a bidirectional 3 phase power meter for compensating reverse load flow which allows calculating power receiving and power transmitting apparent power and power factor using the detected voltage/current and a method for metering thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong-Yeol Shin
  • Publication number: 20150191385
    Abstract: A method for sequestrating carbon dioxide in the ocean of the present invention coverts carbon dioxide into a high concentration of bicarbonate ions by using a neutralization method using calcium oxide commonly contained in alkaline industrial waste, prepares elution water for stably containing bicarbonate ions even when making contact with the atmosphere through aeration, and discharges the elution water into an area of the ocean of a relatively shallow depth to sequestrate carbon dioxide. According to the present invention, the present invention is a carbon dioxide storage method which uses alkaline industrial waste to carry out carbon dioxide ocean sequestration at relatively low cost, and can sequestrate carbon dioxide for a long time while minimizing bad environmental influences such as ocean acidification and the like, and is thus environmentally friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Lee, Jin Hyeok Choi, Joon Woo Gil
  • Publication number: 20150193558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for generating an engineering topology of a digital substation. The method may include: generating, by a single line diagram generation module, a single line diagram of the digital substation based on input information regarding a plurality of substation component devices and connection relations therebetween; converting, by a topology conversion module, the single line diagram of the digital substation into an engineering topology conforming to international standards by use of conversion conditions stored in a topology component management module; verifying, by a topology verification module, whether the engineering topology is suitable for the digital substation based on the international standards; and generating, by an international standard file generation module, a single line diagram engineering file of the digital substation as a system specification description (SSS) by use of the verified engineering topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung Tae Jang, Nam Ho Lee, Yong Ho An, Jong Kee Choi, Jeong Yeol Han, You Jin Lee, Eung Bo Shim, Dong Il Lee
  • Patent number: 9054503
    Abstract: A support apparatus for an insulator arm is disclosed. The support apparatus for an insulator arm in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first key cap connector and a second key cap connector coupled, respectively, with a first insulator arm and a second insulator arm that are divided, respectively, from a pair of insulator arms; a Y-shaped saddle coupled with the first key cap connector and the second key cap connector; and an insulator arm support metal fitting coupled with the Y-shaped saddle and connecting the pair of insulator arms with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won-Kyo Lee, Chan-Hyeong Park, Ho-Kwon Lee, Koo-Yong Shin
  • Patent number: 9003675
    Abstract: A fuel preprocess system for a coal combustion boiler is disclosed. The fuel preprocess system for a coal combustion boiler that dries biomass or refuse-derived fuel in accordance with the present invention can include: a dryer configured to dry the biomass or refuse-derived fuel by use of flue gas generated after combustion in the boiler; and a torrefier configured to devolatilize a fibrous component contained in the dried fuel from the fuel dried in the dryer by use of primary air that is heat-exchanged after the combustion in the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Won Kim, Jong-Min Lee, Young-Joo Kim, Jae-Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20150095004
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a wind power farm includes a wind power generator simulator configured to act as a virtual wind power generator to dynamically generate an attribute value and provide the attribute value to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to be tested; a wind power generator simulation platform configured to generate and manage a plurality of wind power generator simulators within one system, monitor the system, monitor operation states of the plurality of wind power generator simulators, and transmit a result of monitoring the operation states; and a wind power farm controller configured to generate a wind power farm by grouping a plurality of wind power generator simulation platforms into a single cluster, and manage a simulation environment of the wind power farm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Wook KIM, Jae Kyung LEE, Nam Joon JUNG, Hyo Yul CHOI, Jun Shin LEE, Jae Ju SONG
  • Publication number: 20150082800
    Abstract: There is provided a method for suppressing a generation of a yellow plume from a complex thermal power plant, the method being characterized in that, in a complex thermal power generating method including combusting fuel and compressed air for combustion, supplied to a combustor, to generate exhaust gas; generating power using the exhaust gas generated in the combusting; recovering heat of the exhaust gas by a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and generating power using the recovered heat and a steam turbine, and controlling an amount of supplied high thermal capacity gas supplying the high thermal capacity gas together with the fuel in the combusting, in such a manner that nitrogen dioxide is contained in the exhaust gas in an amount of 10 ppm or less (based on exhaust gas containing an oxygen concentration of 15%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Se Ik PARK, Jin Pyo HONG, Sung Chul KIM, Kwang Beom HUR, Joong Won LEE, Kyung Ho KO
  • Publication number: 20150059114
    Abstract: A device for removing ice and snow from a power transmission line includes a support member installed on the power transmission line, and a vibrator that is provided for the support member and applies vibrations to the power transmission line so as to remove the ice and the snow attached to the power transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Ki KIM, Seung Hoon LEE, Sang Hee CHOI, Bum Young KANG, Hyun Jong JUNG
  • Patent number: 8957784
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an advanced metering infrastructure system that includes electronic meters, each of which being configured to measure and store an amount of energy consumed by each customer and provided with a slave communication modem, a data concentrator for collecting meter data from the electronic meters via a master communication modem that performs wired/wireless communication with the slave communication modems of the electronic meters, and a meter reading server for receiving and managing the meter data collected by the data concentrator. The master communication modem and each of the slave communication modems implement mutual communication interfaces using a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes a network layer, an application layer, and a modem performance analysis layer disposed between the network layer and the application layer and configured to analyze quality of a communication link between the master communication modem and each slave communication modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: No-Gil Myoung, Young-Hyun Kim, Sang-Youm Lee, Byung-Seok Park, In-Ji Choi, Ho-Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 8932388
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an apparatus and a method for converting gas into fuel. The apparatus for converting gas into fuel in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a first gas processing unit discharging first fuel gas by removing hydrogen sulfide in the raw gas by spraying a solution; a second gas processing unit discharging second fuel gas by removing moisture in the first fuel gas; a third gas processing unit discharging third fuel gas by removing hydrogen sulfide remaining in the second fuel gas; and a solution reservoir supplied with the solution from at least one of the second gas processing unit and the third gas processing unit and storing the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Keuk Park, Kwang-Beom Hur, Sang-Gyu Rhim, Jung-Bin Lee
  • Publication number: 20140372052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for determining the defect type of a partial discharge, the method comprising the steps of: forming virtual spaces corresponding to n parameters generated on the basis of defect types that cause a partial discharge; arranging defect type models in the virtual spaces based on the parameter values of the n parameters; extracting parameter values of the n parameters based on a partial discharge event; arranging a partial discharge model in the virtual space based on the parameter values; calculating the distance value between the defect type models and the partial discharge model based on the position information of the defect type models and the partial discharge model; calculating the probability of the defect types based on the calculated distance value; and determining the defect type based on the probability of the defect types for the partial discharge signal event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Son Han, Jin-Yul Yoon, Hyung-Jun Ju
  • Publication number: 20140332720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a carbon dioxide absorbent and to the absorbent manufactured by the method. The method comprises: (A) a step of preparing a slurry composition including a carrier composition containing a support, an inorganic binder, and a solvent; (B) a step of preparing solid particles by spray drying the thus-prepared slurry composition; (C) a step of manufacturing a carrier by dry calcining the thus-prepared solid particles; and (D) a step of receiving an amine compound into the pores of the thus-manufactured carrier. According to the absorbent of the present invention, an absorbing reaction and a regenerating reaction at a low temperature range (less than or equal to 100° C. may be conducted, and therefore, the cost for capturing CO2 in a dry capturing process may be expected to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hyoung Eom, Joong Beom Lee, Chong Kul Ryu, Kyeong Sook Kim
  • Publication number: 20140247055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for an abnormal waveform in a power distribution system that quickly transmits abnormal waveform-related data of a large size by changing a protocol according to data size. The system for detecting an abnormal power quality waveform comprises: a plurality of RTUs for measuring abnormal waveform when a waveform measuring signal received, and transmitting an abnormal waveform using a protocol set according to the size of the abnormal waveform; an FEP for transmitting the waveform measuring signal to an RTU installed in a failure section, and receiving and storing the abnormal waveform from the RTU; a main server for transmitting the waveform measuring signal through the FEP to the RTU installed in the failure section, performing controlling to measure the abnormal waveform generated in the failure section, and receiving and displaying the abnormal waveform according to the waveform measuring signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Lee, Bok-Nam Ha, In-Yong Seo, Dong-Wan Seo, Moon-Jong Jang, Won Namkoong
  • Patent number: 8823546
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automatic meter reading system for an underground distribution line using wired/wireless communication. The system includes at least one Data Concentration Unit (DCU), at least one Wireless Gathering Unit (WGU), and at least one wireless communication modem. The DCU is installed in a ground transformer, and sends meter reading data to an underground high-voltage distribution line (DL) using a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) power line communication repeating method. The WGU is installed on a ground rising pipe or at a multi-consumer lead-in wire, and sets up a higher wireless mesh network and a lower wireless mesh network. The wireless communication modem sets up the lower wireless mesh network along with the WGU and the wireless communication modems, gathers the meter reading data, stores the gathered meter reading data, and transfers the stored meter reading data to the DCU through the WGU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation
    Inventors: No-Gil Myoung, Hyo-Yul Choi, Byung-Seok Park, Young-Hyun Kim, In-Ji Choi, Eun-Hye Im, Sang-Youm Lee