Patents Assigned to Korea Gas Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240059556
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage system including a solution including ethylenediamine bisborane (EDAB) and ethylenediamine (ED), in which the hydrogen storage system is capable of performing a reversible dehydrogenation/hydrogenation reaction at a temperature of 20° C. to 200° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous metal catalyst including ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os), iridium (Jr), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taek Yong SONG, Ji Hye LEE, Zhenguo HUANG, Guojin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240019081
    Abstract: Disclosed is a corner structure (100) of a liquefied gas storage tank, wherein the corner structure is installed at a corner of a storage tank for loading liquefied gas and supports sealing walls (51, 52) that prevent leakage of the liquefied gas. The corner structure (100) may include: two insulation members (110) arranged on the inner surface of a hull structure so as to be oriented in different directions; and mobile members (130) which are installed on the respective insulation members (110) and to which the sealing walls (51, 52) are joined. The mobile members (130) may be slidably coupled to the insulation members 110, and a plurality of the mobile members (130) may be arranged spaced apart from each other in a straight line on one of the insulation members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho YIM, Hae Chul HAN, Young Chul YANG, Heung Seok SEO, Youngkyun KIM, Kyo Kook JIN, Youngkeun YOON
  • Publication number: 20230415856
    Abstract: Disclosed is a corner structure (100) of a liquefied gas storage tank, the corner structure (100) being installed on a corner of a liquefied gas-carrying storage tank to support sealing walls (51, 52) that prevent the liquefied gas from leaking. The corner structure (100) comprises: two insulation members (110) arranged, oriented in different directions, on the inner surface of structural walls of a ship; and operational members (130) which are disposed on respective insulation members (110), and to which the support sealing walls (51, 52) adhere. The operational members (130) may be attached to the insulation members (110) so as to allow sliding against same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho YIM, Yong Bum CHO, Young Chul YANG, Heung Seok SEO, Yeongbeom LEE, Youngkeun YOON, Hae Chul HAN, Byungteak OH, Eunyoung YUN
  • Publication number: 20220390069
    Abstract: Disclosed is a corner structure of a liquefied gas storage tank, wherein the corner structure is installed at a corner of the storage tank for storing liquefied gas to support sealing walls. The corner structure includes: a stationary member secured to an inner surface of a hull structure wall; a movable member disposed on the stationary member such that the sealing walls are joined thereto; and an insulating member interposed between the sealing walls and the hull structure wall. The stationary member includes a stationary member body bent at a curved portion thereof in an opposite direction to the movable member, and the movable member includes a movable member body bent at a bent portion thereof in an opposite direction to the stationary member. The stationary member and the movable member are coupled to each other by a fastening member that penetrates the curved portion and the bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ihn Soo YOON, Eun Young YUN, Young Kyun KIM, Byung Taek OH, Yeong Beom LEE, Hae Chul HAN, Ki Ho YIM, Yong Keun YOON
  • Patent number: 11352100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container transportation ship. More particularly, the present invention relates to a container transportation ship for transporting containers, characterized in that a loading space in which at least one container is loaded and a loading/unloading space configured such that an external transfer means can directly enter/exit in order to load and unload the container, are delimited on the deck of the container transportation ship; and a crane is provided to move the container in the longitudinal direction of the container transportation ship, in the transverse direction thereof, and in the upward/downward direction thereof for the purpose of loading the container on the external transfer means that has entered the loading/unloading space or unloading the container from the external transfer means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sam Oh, So Jin Park, Kyoung Shik Choi
  • Patent number: 11193873
    Abstract: Provided is a method of calculating a tortuous hydraulic diameter of a porous medium for laminar flow and turbulent flow considering a geometric feature and a friction loss feature. A method of calculating a tortuous hydraulic diameter of a porous medium, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes providing porosity and a specific surface area of a porous medium, calculating a hydraulic diameter of the porous medium by using the porosity and the specific surface area, calculating tortuosity of the porous medium, and calculating a tortuous hydraulic diameter corresponding to a function of tortuosity, by using the hydraulic diameter and the tortuosity of the porous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chang Hoon Shin
  • Publication number: 20210261406
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage system including a solution including ethylenediamine bisborane (EDAB) and ethylenediamine (ED), in which the hydrogen storage system is capable of performing a reversible dehydrogenation/hydrogenation reaction at a temperature of 20° C. to 200° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous metal catalyst including ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os), iridium (Jr), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taek Yong SONG, Ji Hye LEE, Zhenguo HUANG, Guojin ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11008837
    Abstract: A method for modeling gas production in a coalbed methane gas (CBM) reservoir including (a) dividing a reservoir in a CBM development area into three-dimensional grids to form the three-dimensional grids having a plurality of cells; (b) forming at least one drilling hole in the development area and obtaining a sample for each depth in the reservoir; (c) modeling the amounts of ash, water, and gas for the plurality of cells in the three-dimensional grids; (d) modeling a pressure change over time in each of the cells in the grid under a premise in which a production well is formed in the grids; and (e) performing a Langmuir experiment for a core sample obtained from step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kihong Kim, Jeong-Min Han, Youngseok So, Il oh Kang, Junwoo Seo
  • Patent number: 10921232
    Abstract: Provided is a method of calculating permeability of a porous medium by using analysis of feature variables of friction flows through the porous medium for laminar and turbulent flows considering a geometric feature and a friction loss feature. A method of calculating permeability of a porous medium, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes obtaining hydraulic diameters and friction factor-Reynolds number relationships of a plurality of reference porous media, deriving a hydraulic diameter-friction factor-Reynolds number correlation between the hydraulic diameters and the friction factor-Reynolds number relationships, and obtaining permeability of a porous medium to be predicted, by using the hydraulic diameter-friction factor-Reynolds number correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chang Hoon Shin
  • Patent number: 10914426
    Abstract: An LNG fueling station according to the present invention includes: an installation part on which an LNG tank container is installed, and a supply part for supplying liquefied natural gas from the LNG tank container installed on the installation part to an object for supply, wherein the LNG tank container can be transported and installed while storing the liquefied natural gas, and the LNG tank container is transported to the installation part and then installed on the installation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Young Sam Oh, Ki-Dong Kim, Kyoung-Shik Choi, Seong Ho Hong
  • Patent number: 10532899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for loading and unloading an LNG tank container, the apparatus comprising: a base provided at a place at which LNG is used; a transfer cart capable of moving back and forth with respect to the base; a clamping device provided at a head part of the transfer cart; and a clamp position adjusting device capable of adjusting a horizontal position of the clamping device. Since there is no transfer of the LNG between tanks, the amount of LNG loss is reduced and the risk for the occurrence of a fire accident is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Young Sam Oh, Kyoung Shik Choi, Ki Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 10487984
    Abstract: A natural gas supply station includes an installation structure on which an LNG tank container is installed and a gas vaporizer that receives a liquefied natural gas from the LNG tank container to vaporize the liquefied natural gas. The installation structure includes a moving part reciprocatively moving in a direction in which the LNG tank container is unloaded from a transport unit, and the moving part is separably fixed to the LNG tank container to move the LNG tank container loaded on the transport unit to the installation structure or the LNG tank container loaded on the installation structure to the transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sam Oh, Ki-Dong Kim, Seong Ho Hong, Jong-Mann Ha, Kyoung-Shik Choi, Hyoung Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10351790
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for molding gas hydrate pellets that includes: a pulverizer in which dehydrated gas hydrates are pulverized; a cooler having a rotating shaft provided therein, comprising a plurality of agitation blades installed along a height direction of the rotating shaft and configured to cool the gas hydrates to a predetermined temperature; a decompressor configured to decompress the cooled gas hydrates to a predetermined pressure; and a pellet molder configured to mold the decompressed gas hydrates to pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dongshin Hydraulics Co., Ltd., Korea Gas Corporation, Sungil Turbine Co., Ltd., Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Ho Song, Yong Seok Yoon, In Kee Jung, Jung Wook Kim, Seung Hee An, Sang Yup Jang, Jae Won Lee, Sang M. Kim, Jin Seop Yang, Ta-Kwan Woo
  • Patent number: 10308326
    Abstract: An LNG tank container transport ship, according to one embodiment of the present invention, which has a load space on the inside thereof, in which LNG tank containers storing liquefied natural gas are loaded, comprises: a crane which is arranged on the upper part of the load space so as to catch a container to be transported; at least one horizontal transport frame which guides the horizontal direction movement of the crane; and at least one vertical transport frame which is connected to the horizontal transport frame so as to guide the movement of the crane in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal transport frame. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect of providing a dedicated transport ship for LNG tank container transport by having therein a separate load space so as to load LNG tank containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sam Oh, So Jin Park, Kyoung Shik Choi
  • Publication number: 20180370743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for loading and unloading an LNG tank container, the apparatus comprising: a base provided at a place at which LNG is used; a transfer cart capable of moving back and forth with respect to the base; a clamping device provided at a head part of the transfer cart; and a clamp position adjusting device capable of adjusting a horizontal position of the clamping device. Since there is no transfer of the LNG between tanks, the amount of LNG loss is reduced and the risk for the occurrence of a fire accident is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sam OH, Kyoung Shik CHOI, Ki Dong KIM
  • Patent number: 10030908
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a natural gas liquefaction process using a single refrigeration cycle adopting a mixed refrigerant, and therefore having a simple structure and thus a compact system which is easy to operate, and further, after the mixed refrigerant is separated into two refrigerant parts, the two refrigerant parts are not mixed with each other but go through condensing (cooling), expanding, heat-exchanging, and compressing stages individually, and thus, optimal temperature and pressure conditions are applied to each of the separated refrigerant parts to increase efficiency of the liquefaction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Gyu Lee, Kun Hyung Choe, Young Myung Yang, Chul Gu Lee, Kyu Sang Cha, Chang Won Park, Sung Hee Choi, Yeong Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 10023821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising a reactor body to which gas and water are supplied to create a gas hydrate; an upper cover which is engaged to an upper portion of the reactor body, a scraper mounted rotationally within the reactor body, and a motor for providing a driving force to the scraper. It is possible to remove gas hydrate particles attached to at least one of an inner surface of the reactor body and an inner surface of the upper cover, by a rotary driving of the scraper. According to the invention, it is possible to prevent a material hindering a heat transfer by attaching on a wall surface of the reactor, through a process of scraping out gas hydrate particles, when the scraper which is rotationally driven about a center axis of the reactor is close to the inner surface of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, KOREA GAS CORPORATION, DAEWOO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., STX OFFSHORE & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., SUNGILTURBINE CO., LTD., DONGSHIN HYDRAULICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Dong Lee, Kyung Chan Kang, Sang Yeon Hong, Jae Il Lim, Sang Yup Jang, Seung Beom Hong, Ho Kyeong Kim, Ta Kwan Woo, Sang Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20180037302
    Abstract: An LNG tank container transport ship, according to one embodiment of the present invention, which has a load space on the inside thereof, in which LNG tank containers storing liquefied natural gas are loaded, comprises: a crane which is arranged on the upper part of the load space so as to catch a container to be transported; at least one horizontal transport frame which guides the horizontal direction movement of the crane; and at least one vertical transport frame which is connected to the horizontal transport frame so as to guide the movement of the crane in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal transport frame. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect of providing a dedicated transport ship for LNG tank container transport by having therein a separate load space so as to load LNG tank containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA GAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sam OH, So Jin PARK, Kyoung Shik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9856723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an experiment apparatus for estimating ground deformation during gas hydrate recovery. The experiment apparatus may include: a high-pressure cell having a space in which a sample containing gas hydrate is stored; a recovery member inserted into the sample so as to recover the gas hydrate contained in the sample to the outside; and a transparent region formed at one or more parts facing the space of the high-pressure cell, such that the sample stored in the space is observed from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hee An, Seong Min Lee, Young Soon Baek, Il Oh Kang, Jeong Gyoo Kim
  • Patent number: 9839898
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel processor. The fuel processor includes: a steam reformer unit configured to be disposed at an upper portion in a casing; a heat exchanger unit configured to be disposed at a lower portion of the steam reformer unit; a high temperature shift reforming unit configured to be disposed at a lower portion of the heat exchanger unit; a low temperature shift reforming unit configured to be disposed while enclosing an outer portion of the high temperature shift reforming unit; and a heat exchange chamber configured to be disposed at a lower portion of the high temperature shift reforming unit and exchange heat between reformed gas and a heat exchange fluid supplied through a channel part formed to drain the reformed gas and combustion gas and supply the heat exchange fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: Korea Gas Corporation, CHP Tech
    Inventors: Dal Ryung Park, Bong Gyu Kim, Jae Dong Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Keun Yong Cho, Chul Hee Jeon, Min Ho Bae, Chan Sik Park