Patents by Inventor Bum Nyun KIM

Bum Nyun KIM 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: 11378108
    Abstract: Method for diagnosing a pneumatic control valve by using a positioner model includes: establishing relational expression for outputting valve stem displacement according to control pressure, the relational expression including parameters for the characteristics of a positioner, an actuator, and a valve, determining initial parameter value by adjusting the values of the parameters until the difference between a measured value for a normal operation of the pneumatic control valve and output value obtained by the relational expression is smaller than predetermined error limit, determining diagnostic parameter value by adjusting the values of the parameters until the difference between a measured value for a diagnostic operation of the pneumatic control valve and an output value obtained by the relational expression is smaller than a predetermined error limit, and comparing the initial parameter value and the diagnostic parameter value so as to determine whether the pneumatic control valve has abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yang Seok Kim, Dae Woong Kim, Bum Nyun Kim, Young Sheop Park, Chi Yong Park, Jong Seog Kim, Hyoung Kyun Kim, Byoung Oh Lee, Ji In Kim, Nam Woo Choi, Yong Hoon Park, Hee Seung Chang, You Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11307566
    Abstract: System for diagnosing pneumatic control valve online include a sensor set having sensors, attached to a pneumatic control valve, for measuring the state of the pneumatic control valve, a smart data analyzer for processing sensor signal acquired in real time from the sensor set and generating pneumatic control valve state information for online automatic diagnosis of the pneumatic control valve, a data server for transmitting, to an online analysis server, the pneumatic control valve state information received in real time from the smart data analyzer and storing the pneumatic control valve state information for predetermined time period, the online diagnostic server for, by comparing the pneumatic control valve state information with pre-stored normal state data of the pneumatic control valve, determining whether the pneumatic control valve is in abnormal state and generating diagnostic information, and a client computer for displaying the diagnostic information received from the online diagnostic server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD
    Inventors: Yang Seok Kim, Bum Nyun Kim, Dae Woong Kim, Ji In Kim, Nam Woo Choi, Ju Hyung Kang, Young Sheop Park, Chi Yong Park, Jong Seog Kim, Hyoung Kyun Kim, Byoung Oh Lee, Hee Seung Chang, You Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11276300
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for learning latest data considering external influences in an early warning system, and the early warning system for same. The method for learning latest data considering external influences comprises the steps of: an early warning processing device categorizing device monitored variables according to external influences; and the early warning processing device differently applying a pattern learning method for each of the categorized monitored variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Woong Kim, Nam Woo Choi, Bum Nyun Kim, Hyoung Kyun Kim, Ji In Kim, Ju Hyung Kang, Yong Hoon Park, Gun Woong Shin, Yang Seok Kim, Young Sheop Park, Chi Yong Park, Byoung Oh Lee, Jong Seog Kim
  • Publication number: 20220028570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for integrated online monitoring and a system for integrated online monitoring from a remote location for a nuclear power plant. The method includes a first step of collecting machine monitoring data of a plurality of units in the nuclear power plant selectively from the local data acquisition device via the monitoring data relay device, and a second step of collecting machine diagnostic data of a plurality of units in the nuclear power plant selectively from the local data acquisition device via the diagnostic data relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Dae Woong Kim, Yang Seok KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Jae Hun SHIN, Jae Min AN, Yong Chan KIM
  • Publication number: 20210287525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for learning latest data considering external influences in an early warning system, and the early warning system for same. The method for learning latest data considering external influences comprises the steps of: an early warning processing device categorizing device monitored variables according to external influences; and the early warning processing device differently applying a pattern learning method for each of the categorized monitored variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dae Woong KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Bum Nyun KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Ji In KIM, Ju Hyung KANG, Yong Hoon PARK, Gun Woong SHIN, Yang Seok KIM, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Byoung Oh LEE, Jong Seog KIM
  • Publication number: 20210278830
    Abstract: System for diagnosing pneumatic control valve online include a sensor set having sensors, attached to a pneumatic control valve, for measuring the state of the pneumatic control valve, a smart data analyzer for processing sensor signal acquired in real time from the sensor set and generating pneumatic control valve state information for online automatic diagnosis of the pneumatic control valve, a data server for transmitting, to an online analysis server, the pneumatic control valve state information received in real time from the smart data analyzer and storing the pneumatic control valve state information for predetermined time period, the online diagnostic server for, by comparing the pneumatic control valve state information with pre-stored normal state data of the pneumatic control valve, determining whether the pneumatic control valve is in abnormal state and generating diagnostic information, and a client computer for displaying the diagnostic information received from the online diagnostic server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yang Seok KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, KIM Woong KIM, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Ju Hyung KANG, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, KIM Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Hee Seung CHANG, You Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190242744
    Abstract: The present invention provides an online diagnostic/prognostic system, for a rotation device, which does not require a diagnostic apparatus to be transferred and enables easy transmission of waveform data to a remote site. To this end, the present invention comprises: a vibration sensor mounted on a rotation device; a data analyzing unit connected to the vibration sensor and for extracting valid data, which is required for the diagnosis of the rotation device, from data obtained from the vibration sensor; and a diagnostic/prognostic server for diagnosing for abnormalities in the rotation device by means of comparing the valid data and prestored data. Therefore, the present invention does not require an apparatus for measuring vibrations to be transferred and enables transmission of waveform data to a remote cite, thereby enabling more efficient diagnosis for a rotation device and preventing abnormalities in the rotation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yang Seok Kim, Dae Woong KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Jae Hun SHIN, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Hee Seung CHANG, You Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190214156
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enabling a large integrated monitoring screen for integrated monitoring of multiple reactors, and a large integrated monitoring screen system. The method for enabling the large integrated monitoring screen comprises the steps of: a screen generation managing device in a remote integrated monitoring center generating at least one of a status monitoring screen, an early warning screen, a diagnostic analysis screen, and a CCTV screen with respect to a plurality of reactors in a nuclear power plant; and transmitting a screen requested by an administrator to the large integrated monitoring screen through an integrated screen control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Dae Woong KIM, Yang Seok KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Ji Soo RYU, Jeong Hag OH, Jung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190195249
    Abstract: Method for diagnosing a pneumatic control valve by using a positioner model includes: establishing relational expression for outputting valve stem displacement according to control pressure, the relational expression including parameters for the characteristics of a positioner, an actuator, and a valve, determining initial parameter value by adjusting the values of the parameters until the difference between a measured value for a normal operation of the pneumatic control valve and output value obtained by the relational expression is smaller than predetermined error limit, determining diagnostic parameter value by adjusting the values of the parameters until the difference between a measured value for a diagnostic operation of the pneumatic control valve and an output value obtained by the relational expression is smaller than a predetermined error limit, and comparing the initial parameter value and the diagnostic parameter value so as to determine whether the pneumatic control valve has abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Yang Seok KIM, Dae Woong KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Yong Hoon PARK, Hee Seung CHANG, You Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190188345
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a rotation device by means of a rotor-bearing-foundation model, the method characterized by utilizing the characteristics of a simulation rotor system. To this end, the present invention comprises the steps of: simulating a rotation device as a rotor system; forming a mathematical model for the rotor system; estimating the state of the rotation device by means of the mathematical model and a vibration measurement value of the rotation device; and diagnosing for abnormalities in the rotation device from the changes in an estimated value. Therefore, since a rotation device is diagnosed for abnormalities by means of forming a mathematical model for a rotor system, the present invention enables more accurate diagnosis of the rotation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yang Seok Kim, Dae Woong KIM, Bum Nyun KIM, Young Sheop PARK, Chi Yong PARK, Jong Seog KIM, Hyoung Kyun KIM, Byoung Oh LEE, Ji In KIM, Nam Woo CHOI, Ji Soo RYU, Hee Seung CHANG, You Soo SHIN