Patents Assigned to Posco
  • Patent number: 9847158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent core loss and to a method for manufacturing same. The electrical steel sheet according to one aspect of the present invention may have a composition comprising, by weight %, Si: 1.0 to 4.0%, Al: 0.1 to 4.0%, and a rare earth element: 0.0001 to 0.5% by the total content of the whole rare earth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Byung-Deug Hong, Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9837854
    Abstract: Disclosed is an uninterruptible power supply system, including a sub power supply device configured to supply or cut off sub input power to a load device; a battery configured to supply or cut off battery input power to the load device; and an uninterruptible power supply device that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the battery, and when main input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device or the battery input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device, determines whether the main input power and the battery input power are within a predetermined reference main input power range and reference battery input power range, and when the main input power and the battery input power are outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range, receives the sub input power and supplies the power to the load device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jun-Su Kim, Byeong Gwon Park, Hyun Seong Kim, Tae Yeol Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170342726
    Abstract: Provided is a building material that is disposed between an inter-floor separation layer configured to separate floors of a building having a plurality of floors from each other and a bottom layer disposed above the inter-floor separation layer. The building material includes a support member disposed between the inter-floor separation layer and the bottom layer, having a top surface of which at least a portion contacts the bottom layer, and including a protruding portion protruding downward, extending in at least one direction, and having an inner space and a plurality of damping members disposed between the inter-floor separation layer and the support member and each of which has a lower plate contacting a portion of the inter-floor separation layer and an upper plate contacting a portion of the support member to allow the inter-floor separation layer to be spaced apart from the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Young Dong YU, Tae Yang YOON, Pil Goo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170342532
    Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel including, as a ferritic stainless steel used in a separator for a fuel cell, a base material including, in weight %, C: 0.003% to 0.012%, N: 0.003% to 0.015%, Si: 0.05% to 0.15%, Mn: 0.3% to 0.8%, Cr: 20% to 24%, Mo; 0.1% to 0.4%, Nb: 0.1% to 0.7%, Ti: 0.03% to 0.1%, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. A first scale layer including chromium oxide is formed on a surface of the base material, and a second scale layer including chromium oxide and manganese oxide is formed on a surface of the first scale layer. A silicon content included in each of the first scale layer and the second scale layer is 0.2 weight % or less, and the following formula is satisfied: Nb+Mn?8Si where Nb, Mn and Si are weight % amounts of corresponding components, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Ki Hoon JO, Jong Hee KIM, Kwang Min KIM, Bo Sung SEO
  • Publication number: 20170342326
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for manufacturing a cokes additive, which is optimized for extraction of a cokes additive and can easily and effectively manufacture the additive, the method comprising: a coal pre-processing step for bringing coal into slurry by dispersing the coal in a solvent; a step for introducing a dispersed iron catalyst while pre-processing the coal; a coal liquefying step for liquefying the coal slurry by reacting the coal slurry with a cracking gas; a step for supplying a COG and/or an LNG as the cracking gas in the coal liquefying step; a separation step for separating an additive from the liquefied product; and a recycling step for supplying liquid oil obtained in the separation step to the coal pre-processing step and using the liquid oil as the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Sang Hyun PARK, Hee-Su KIM, Seung-Jae LEE, Sangon LEE
  • Publication number: 20170342522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot-rolled steel sheet for a high strength galvanized steel sheet, having excellent surface quality, and a method for producing the same, the hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, by weight %: C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.03 to 0.10%, Mn: 0.7 to 1.39%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, S: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.002 to 0.035%, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The weight ratio of Mn/Si is 15 to 25, the weight ratio of C/Si is 1 to 5, and the weight ratio of Si/P is 3 to 10. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure consisting of, in area fraction, 10 to 40% of bainite, 20 to 30% of pearlite and 40 to 60% of ferrite, and includes a ternary eutectic compound of FeO, Fe2SiO4 and Fe3(PO)4 formed within 50 ?m from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Hyo Jung KWAK, Young-Ha KIM, Seok Jong SEO
  • Publication number: 20170328240
    Abstract: Discloses is a turbine power generation system having an emergency operation means and an emergency operation method therefor that are capable of controlling excess heat accumulated during emergency operation, and recycling the accumulated heat. A turbine power generation system includes: an inlet sensor part including a thermometer, a pressure gauge, and a flowmeter that are installed between the heater and the inlet valve and; an emergency discharge part including a branch pipe connected to the steam, and a heat control means installed on the branch pipe. Accordingly, the system and the method are capable of reducing a heat overload during an emergency operation by transferring a heat amount exchanged in the heat storage device to the heat consuming facility, minimizing thermal consumption by recycling the same, and preventing various problems caused by stopping an operation of the turbine power generation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Keun OH, Jea Jun LEE, Ju Chang LIM, Sang Hoon LEE, Sang Myeong LEE, Ki Tae KIM, Yong Sik HAH, Chul Kyu KIM
  • Patent number: 9815110
    Abstract: An edge dam of a twin roll type strip caster is provided as a refractory material having a sealing member for sealing both end surfaces of a pair of casting rolls, and is pressed and raised according to wear of the sealing member. To uniformly maintain a contact area of the sealing member and the casting roll in a process in which the edge dam is moved while the edge dam is pressed and raised, both sides and a lower part of the sealing member are formed as an inclined surface inclined inwardly of the sealing member. An angle of inclination of the inclined surface is increased in a direction in which the sealing member is raised, and the angle of inclination ? of the inclined surface is obtained by a relationship between a moving distance l due to raising of the edge dam and a wear depth d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Han Nam Cheong, Oh Seong Kweon
  • Publication number: 20170313887
    Abstract: Provided are an insulation coating composition for an oriented electrical steel sheet, an oriented electrical steel sheet having an insulation coating formed on the surface thereof by using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, and specifically, it is possible to provide an insulation coating composition for an oriented electrical steel sheet, including 0.1 to 7 wt % of hollow nanoparticles, 0.1 to 5 wt % of ceramic nanofibers, 0.1 to 5 wt % of mesoporous nanoparticles, 30 to 60 wt % of colloidal silica nanoparticles, and 30 to 60 wt % of phosphate, and to provide an oriented electrical steel sheet including an insulation coating produced by the composition on the surface of the oriented electrical steel sheet, including 0.005 to 0.05 wt % of any one element selected from boron (B), vanadium (V), or a combination thereof, 2.6 to 4.3 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.020 to 0.040 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.01 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Min Serk KWON, Ho-Kyung SHIM, Heon-Jo CHOI, Byoung-Sub CHOI
  • Patent number: 9802838
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating process water which is loaded with gaseous compounds and/or possibly with solids and comes from a wet-cleaning installation for cleaning process gas, e.g., from a melt-reduction subassembly or from a direct-reduction subassembly. Process water is introduced in a tank in a first process stage and degassed on the basis of reduced solubility of the dissolved compounds. The tank has, on its upper side, a gas-collecting chamber, in which the separated-off gases are collected and from which these are discharged. Likewise, the treated process water is discharged from the tank via a drainage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Alois Gstoettenmayr, Hado Heckmann, Kurt Lukschander, Robert Millner, Ulrike Schmidt, Helmut Siegl, Johann Wurm, Chong Won Choi, Seok Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 9793789
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a grid-connected inverter from a low grid voltage includes a first output current sensor configured to sense an output current of a grid-connected inverter, a first output current calculator configured to calculate a D-axis current and a Q-axis current of the output current to obtain the output current that is sensed, and a first output current controller configured to determine whether a difference between the output current and a reference current exceeds a predetermined range, and to decrease the output current by a predetermined value when the difference between the output current and the reference current exceeds the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO ENERGY., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Heum Lee, Sang Ho Moon, Ju Young Chang, Jae Sig Kim, Jin Su Lee
  • Patent number: 9790565
    Abstract: A hot-rolled stainless steel sheet having excellent hardness and low-temperature impact properties, in which a ferrite is formed with martensite as a matrix structure, is manufactured by a steel manufacturing process, a continuous casting process, and a hot-rolling process. The hot-rolled stainless steel sheet comprises C, N, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, Ti, Nb, Mo, and the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities, wherein C is 0.01 to 0.03 wt %, Cr is 11 to 14 wt %, Ti is 0.1 to 0.2 wt %, and Nb is 0.1 to 0.2 wt %. The ferrite stability (FS) expressed by the following [formula 1] is 5 to 50, and a ferrite is formed with martensite as a matrix structure. [Formula 1] 4 FS=?215?619C?16.6Mn+23.7Cr?36.8Ni+42.2Mo+96.2Ti+67Nb?237N+17.2Si, wherein the numerical value of each component described in [Formula 1] denotes the content (wt %) of each component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Dong Chul Chae, Gyu Jin Jo, Jae Hwa Lee, Kwang Yuk Kim
  • Patent number: 9790096
    Abstract: Disclosed is a boron recovering device including: an aeration-type water-channel reactor including a water channel; at least one aeration unit disposed in the water channel and aerating a boron-containing solution by passing it through the water channel to deposit boron in the form of borax; and a precipitation bath precipitating the deposited borax in the boron-containing solution having passed through the aeration-type water-channel reactor and separating a filtrate by overflowing, a boron recovering device, a method of recovering boron, and a boron recovering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MMPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Uong Chon, Ki Young Kim, Gi-Chun Han, Im Chang Lee, Young Seok Jang, Sou Hwan Son
  • Patent number: 9783686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-treated steel plate and to a production method for same, and more specifically relates to a surface-treated steel plate having outstanding corrosion resistance and thermal conductivity. In order to achieve this aim, in the present invention a macromolecular resin composition comprising graphene, which has highly outstanding physical properties including electrical conductivity, is coated onto the surface of a steel foundation plate, thereby making it possible to provide a surface-treated steel plate able to supremely well ensure not only corrosion resistance but also the intrinsic characteristics of graphene due to the macromolecular resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Joong-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Chu Yun, Hye-Jin Yoo, Jong-Sang Kim, Yong-Gyun Jung
  • Patent number: 9783862
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing reduced iron and a method for manufacturing reduced iron. The method for manufacturing reduced iron includes the steps of: i) drying ores in an ore drier; ii) supplying the dried ores to at least one reduction reactor; iii) reducing the ores in the at least one reduction reactor and manufacturing reduced iron; iv) discharging exhaust gas by which the ores are reduced in the reduction reactor; v) branching the exhaust gas and providing the branched exhaust gas as ore feeding gas; and vi) exchanging heat between the exhaust gas and the ore feeding gas and transferring the sensible heat of the exhaust gas to the ore feeding gas. In the steps of supplying the dried ores to the at least one reduction reactor, the dried ores are supplied to the at least one reduction reactor by using the ore feeding gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Myoung-Kyun Shin, Dong-Won Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jun-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9783867
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for uniformly controlling the strip temperature of the rapid cooling section of a continuous annealing line. A plurality of sets of cooling nozzle blocks for controlling the strip temperature is installed at the front and back sides of the strip, and is divided into lengthwise flow control nozzle blocks and widthwise flow control nozzle blocks. Strip center temperature meters and widthwise direction temperature meters are installed at the intake and discharge sides of the rapid cooling section. Temperatures obtained using the strip center temperature meters and the width direction temperature meters are used to respectively control the spraying of mist for the lengthwise flow control nozzle blocks and the widthwise flow control nozzle blocks in order to uniformly control the strip temperature and minimize changes in the flatness of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Gyoo Taek Lee, Jung Hun Park
  • Patent number: 9777344
    Abstract: Provided is a ferrite-based stainless steel having superior moldability when molding a fuel cell divider sheet from a material by controlling yield point elongation in accordance with alloy components. The ferrite-based stainless steel comprises, in weight percentages: no more than 0.02% of C; no more than 0.02% of N; no more than 0.4% of Si; no more than 0.2% of Mn; no more than 0.04% of P; no more than 0.02% of S; 25.0-32.0% of Cr; 0-1.0% of Cu; no more than 0.8% of Ni; no more than 0.01-0.5% of Ti; no more than 0.01-0.5% of Nb; no more than 0.01-1.5% of V; and residual Fe and inevitable elements, wherein the content of Ti, Nb, V, C, and N in terms of weight % of steel uses Formula (1) to render a yield point elongation of the material of no more than 1.1%, and wherein a steel material has superior moldability. 9.1C?1.76V+5.37(C+N)/Ti?1.22Nb?0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jong Hee Kim, Ki-Hoon Jo, Yang Jin Chung, Yun Yong Lee, Sang Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 9752202
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a refining device for producing molten steel of outstanding cleanliness, and more particularly provides a method and device for refining inclusions by forming droplets from molten steel and dropping same into slag during pre-processing in a continuous casting process in a steel-making process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Ja Yong Choi, Seung Min Han, Sun Koo Kim, Hee Ho Lee, Sang Yuel Jung, Young Jong Seo
  • Patent number: 9752205
    Abstract: Provided is an iron-based amorphous alloy and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided is an high carbon iron-based amorphous alloy expressed by a general formula Fe?C?Si?BxPyCrz, wherein ?, ?, ?, x, y and z are atomic % of iron (Fe), carbon (C), silicon (Si), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and chrome (Cr) respectively, wherein ? is expressed by ?=100?(?+?+x+y+z) atomic %, ? is expressed by 13.5 atomic %???17.8 atomic %, ? is expressed by 0.30 atomic %???1.50 atomic %, x is expressed by 0.1 atomic %?x?4.0 atomic %, y is expressed by 0.8 atomic %?y?7.7 atomic %, and z is expressed by 0.1 atomic %?z?3.0 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang-Won Kim, Sang-Hoon Yoon, Seong Hoon Yi, Young-Geun Son, Eon-Byeong Park, Oh Joon Kwon, Sang-Wook Ha, Seung-Dueg Choi, Gab-Sik Byun
  • Patent number: 9746191
    Abstract: A system for producing a heat source for heating or electricity, using medium/low-temperature waste heat includes: an absorption-type heat pump (100) supplied with a driving heat source and heat source water to heat a low-temperature heat medium; a regenerator heat exchange unit (210) for supplying a regenerator (110) with a driving heat source using waste heat; an evaporator heat exchange unit (220) for supplying an evaporator with heat source water; a heat medium circulation line (310) for circulating a heat medium; a generation unit (400) branching off from the heat medium circulation line (310) and producing electricity; a heat production unit (500) branching off from the heat medium circulation line (310) and supplying a heat-demanding place with a heat source for heating; and a switching valve unit (600) for controlling the flow of heat medium supplied the generation unit (400) or the heat production unit (500).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cheol Kang, Hyo Seok Lee, Jong Kook Seong