Patents Assigned to S-Oil Corporation
  • Patent number: 6423812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing polycarbonates and more particularly, to the process of preparing polycarbonates through a melt polymerization reaction of dihydroxyaryl compounds with diarylcarbonate, wherein said melt polymerization is performed in the presence of a mixed catalyst composed of an oxygen (O) or sulfur (S) containing compound having lone-pair electrons and an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt in an appropriate ratio at a reduced temperature by accelerating a reaction rate to obtain high quality polycarbonates with higher than 15,000 g/mole of a viscosity average molecular weight and improved color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignees: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, S-Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Young Chan Ko, Il Seok Choi, Cheol-Hyun Kim, Kwang Soo Yoon, Seung-Joo Kim, Kil-Yeong Choi, Jae Heung Lee, Kyong Soon Lee
  • Publication number: 20020086970
    Abstract: This invention is related to a process for preparing polyester polymers using a composite catalyst comprises the steps of 1) esterifying naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acids containing NDCA or ester derivatives thereof, with ethylene glycol or glycols containing ethylene glycol or derivatives thereof to produce esterified compounds or its low molecular weight polymers; and then 2) continuously polycondensing the obtained esterification product to produce polyester polymers; and wherein the process includes using a composite polymerization catalyst which was prepared by reacting titanium compounds and cobalt compounds in the solution containing at least one alcohol. The process yields high quality polyester polymers having a good color and excellent physical properties. The process can considerably reduce both the esterification time and the polycondensation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: S-OIL CORPORATION AND KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Nam Cho, Sang Ho Bae, II Seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20020022675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing polycarbonates, more specifically to a process of preparing polycarbonates by solid state polymerization using microwave radiation, which comprises steps of preparing polycarbonate prepolymer having a certain range of viscosity average molecular weight; converting said polycarbonate prepolymer into crystalline particles having a certain degree of crystallinity; and producing polycarbonates by solid state polymerization of said crystalline particles by applying microwave radiation, thus resulting in production of high quality polycarbonates with high molecular weight within short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and S-Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kil-Yeong Choi, Jae Heung Lee, Young Chan Ko, II Seok Choi, Cheol-Hyun Kim, Kwang Soo Yoon, Kyong Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 6232432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polycarbonates, more specifically to a process for the preparation of polycarbonates by a solid polymerization of prepolymers obtained by the polymerization between aromatic dihydroxides and diarylcarbonates, which comprises: a) preparing said prepolymer having a viscosity average molecular weight of 4,000-18,000 g/mole; b) preparing a microporous foam by injecting high-pressure inert gas; and c) preparing polycarbonates by a solid polymerization, which facilitates the removal of phenol, a by-product, and enhances molecular weight of polycarbonates without using any catalyst due to the relatively high polymerization rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and S-Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kil-Yeong Choi, Jae Heung Lee, Sung-Goo Lee, Sang Hyun Park, Young Chan Ko, Il Seok Choi, Kwang Soo Yoon