Patents by Inventor Bong-Kuk Sea

Bong-Kuk Sea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7655277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a titania composite membrane for separating water/alcohol mixtures and a method of preparation thereof, and more particularly to the titania composite membrane and the method of preparation thereof, wherein a surface of a porous support is modified with silica xerogel and ?-alumina sol and titania sol is coated on the modified surface to form a titania surface layer and then the obtained titania surface layer is dried and calcined to optimize performance of separation and promote thermal stability. The titania composite membrane of the present invention has excellent properties such as thermal stability, mechanical strength and good perm-selectivity for water molecule in water/alcohol mixtures due to the hydrophilic property of the titania surface layer, thus being applicable to the membrane for separating water/alcohol mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Kew-Ho Lee, Yoon-Kyu Lee, Dong-Wook Lee, Bong-Kuk Sea
  • Publication number: 20070059514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a titania composite membrane for separating water/alcohol mixtures and a method of preparation thereof, and more particularly to the titania composite membrane and the method of preparation thereof, wherein a surface of a porous support is modified with silica xerogel and ?-alumina sol and titania sol is coated on the modified surface to form a titania surface layer and then the obtained titania surface layer is dried and calcined to optimize performance of separation and promote thermal stability. The titania composite membrane of the present invention has excellent properties such as thermal stability, mechanical strength and good perm-selectivity for water molecule in water/alcohol mixtures due to the hydrophilic property of the titania surface layer, thus being applicable to the membrane for separating water/alcohol mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kew-Ho Lee, Yoon-Kyu Lee, Dong-Wook Lee, Bong-Kuk Sea
  • Patent number: 6958137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composite silica membrane with thermal stability by a soaking-rolling method, and more particularly to a method for preparing a composite silica membrane with improved thermal stability by rolling the surface of a porous support with silica xerogel, soaking-rolling the surface with ?-alumina, coating, drying, and sintering the porous support surface, thereby forming a fine coating membrane on the porous support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Kew-Ho Lee, Dong-Wook Lee, Yoon-Kyu Lee, Bong-Kuk Sea, Seung-Eun Nam
  • Publication number: 20040071894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composite silica membrane with thermal stability by a soaking-rolling method, and more particularly to a method for preparing a composite silica membrane with improved thermal stability by rolling the surface of a porous support with silica xerogel, soaking-rolling the surface with &ggr;-alumina, coating, drying, and sintering the porous support surface, thereby forming a fine coating membrane on the porous support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute Of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Kew-Ho Lee, Dong-Wook Lee, Yoon-Kyu Lee, Bong-Kuk Sea, Seung-Eun Nam