Patents by Inventor Cheol Lee

Cheol Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20260158483
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid catalyst for pretreatment desulfurization according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a liquid catalyst for pretreatment desulfurization; (b) pulverizing a porous structured carrier having pores to a predetermined size; (c) immersing the carrier pulverized to a predetermined size in step (b) in the liquid catalyst for pretreatment desulfurization prepared in step (a), followed by impregnation for 10 to 60 minutes; and (d) introducing the carrier into a drying machine while the liquid catalyst for pretreatment desulfurization has infiltrated into the pores of the carrier by impregnation in step (c), followed by drying at a temperature of 100° C. or higher for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: Lowcarbon Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong Jong SEO, Jun Beam PARK, Chang Taic OH, A Ram PARK, Cheol LEE, Chang Rae NO, Hong Ki CHOI, Wan Je KIM, Jun Young LEE, Shin HAN
  • Publication number: 20260071600
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a fuel filter heater of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a processor, an input unit connected to the processor, the input unit configured to receive vehicle-related information, and a memory connected to the processor, the memory configured to store setting data. The processor includes a first control unit configured to determine, based on the vehicle-related information and the setting data stored in the memory, a heater-on condition, and to control operation-on for a fuel filter heater of a diesel vehicle when the heater-on condition is satisfied, and a second control unit configured to determine, based on the vehicle-related information input through the input unit and the setting data set in consideration of a cloud point of diesel fuel and stored in the memory, a heater-off condition, and to control operation-off for the fuel filter heater when the heater-off condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keun Soo Kim, Jung Hoon Park, Hyun Soo Jeon, Cheol Lee, Seung Yub Lee
  • Patent number: 12569836
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for manufacturing a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide capable of removing carbon dioxide and converting carbon dioxide into other useful materials at the same time by capturing and converting carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion into a carbon resource and a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide manufactured by the method of the same. The catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide according to the present disclosure can reduce carbon dioxide by capturing carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion. It is possible to convert the captured carbon dioxide into other useful materials by converting the collected carbon dioxide into sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as carbon resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: LowCarbon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12545848
    Abstract: Proposed is a pretreatment desulfurization system including: a first chute for supplying a pretreatment apparatus with coal transported by a belt conveyor; a pretreatment apparatus for immersing the supplied coal in a catalyst mixture obtained by mixing a desulfurization catalyst and water, thereby desulfurizing the coal; a mesh conveyor for separating the coal being immersed in the catalyst mixture and having passed through the pretreatment apparatus, into a liquid phase and a catalyst-treated coal; a mesh conveyor for transporting the catalyst-treated coal; and a storage tank for storing the transported catalyst-treated coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12516641
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method for controlling a fuel system of a vehicle, the apparatus includes driving information detectors provided to detect vehicle driving information required to determine whether the vehicle is driving while fording water, a controller operably connected to the driving information detectors and provided to determine whether a current driving state of the vehicle satisfies predetermined water-fording driving conditions based on the vehicle driving information, a canister close valve provided on an atmospheric line, and a purge control solenoid valve provided on a purge line, the controller is configured to determine that the vehicle is in a water-fording driving state and outputs a control signal to seal the fuel system, upon determining that the current driving state satisfies the predetermined water-fording driving conditions, and the canister close valve and the purge control solenoid valve are controlled to be in a closed state depending on the control signal to seal the fuel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Keun Soo Kim, Seung Yub Lee, Cheol Lee, Jung Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20250341474
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module inspection method that includes a first vision inspection process of inspecting a cell stack in which multiple battery cells are stacked, wherein a number and positions of electrode leads included in the multiple battery cells, respectively, are inspected through a vision camera, and a second vision inspection process of inspecting the number and bending states of the electrode leads provided in the multiple battery cells, respectively, through the vision camera after the first vision inspection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Si Won JEON, Yeong Kyun KO, Jong Kyun OH, Woo Seung JEONG, Cheol LEE, Young Ho JUNG, Seung Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20250313964
    Abstract: Proposed is a system for producing blue hydrogen, capturing carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide, recycling carbon and storing reactants, generating power by using a fuel cell, and creating an artificial forest. The system includes a natural gas storage that stores liquefied natural gas including shale gas, a hydrocarbon reformer that produces a gaseous mixture containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, a hydrogen charging station configured to receive and store the hydrogen, to capture carbon dioxide, to collect a reactant, and to separate a carbon dioxide reactant and a waste solution from the reactant, a carbon resource storage that stores the carbon dioxide reactant, a hydrogen generator that generates hydrogen and transfers the generated hydrogen to the hydrogen charging station, a fuel cell that receives the hydrogen and generates electricity, and an artificial forest creation apparatus that captures carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and transfers the captured carbon dioxide to the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250289716
    Abstract: Proposed is a carbon dioxide capture and carbon resource utilization system, for a fuel cell, using boil-off gas (BOG) generated from liquefied natural gas. The system includes a liquefied natural gas storage configured to store liquefied natural gas (LNG), a hydrocarbon reformer configured to react boil-off gas generated from liquefied natural gas storage with water input from outside, thereby generating a gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by receiving hydrogen, a reactor configured to capture carbon dioxide by reacting carbon dioxide with a basic alkali mixture solution and to collect a reaction product containing the captured carbon dioxide and to separate a carbon dioxide reaction product and a waste solution from the reaction product, and a hydrogen generator configured to generate hydrogen and to supply the generated hydrogen to the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250276278
    Abstract: Proposed is a carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide capture and carbon resource conversion system for an integrated gasification combined cycle, the system being capable of capturing and converting carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas into a carbon resource by using a basic alkali mixture solution, thereby being capable of reducing carbon dioxide and also capable of manufacturing sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate. In addition, sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate manufactured from the captured carbon dioxide is used as a desulfurizing agent capturing sulfur oxides in an exhaust gas discharged from an integrated gasification combined cycle power generation plant, and carbon dioxide and sulfur oxides are simultaneously captured, so that additional flue gas desulfurization equipment is not required to be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250270966
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method for controlling a fuel system of a vehicle, the apparatus includes driving information detectors provided to detect vehicle driving information required to determine whether the vehicle is driving while fording water, a controller operably connected to the driving information detectors and provided to determine whether a current driving state of the vehicle satisfies predetermined water-fording driving conditions based on the vehicle driving information, a canister close valve provided on an atmospheric line, and a purge control solenoid valve provided on a purge line, the controller is configured to determine that the vehicle is in a water-fording driving state and outputs a control signal to seal the fuel system, upon determining that the current driving state satisfies the predetermined water-fording driving conditions, and the canister close valve and the purge control solenoid valve are controlled to be in a closed state depending on the control signal to seal the fuel system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Keun Soo KIM, Seung Yub LEE, Cheol LEE, Jung Hoon PARK
  • Publication number: 20250262590
    Abstract: Proposed is a system for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide and producing hydrogen for a cement manufacturing facility. The system includes a preheater provided with multiple stages of cyclones arranged in series in a vertical direction and configured to receive and preheat a cement raw material, a calciner configured to calcine the cement raw material preheated by the preheater, a kiln configured to burn the cement raw material calcined in the calciner, an exhaust line connected to the cyclones and configured to discharge an exhaust gas respectively discharged from the calciner and the kiln to the outside, a reactor configured to capture carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas, to collect a reactant containing the captured carbon dioxide, and to separate a carbon dioxide reactant and a waste solution in the reactant, and a hydrogen generator configured to generate hydrogen gas by receiving the separated carbon dioxide from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250262591
    Abstract: Proposed is a carbon dioxide capture and carbon resource utilization system using seawater and flue gas for ships. The system includes a primary reactor configured to capture carbon dioxide in a flue gas discharged from a ship by spraying a basic alkali mixture solution containing seawater to the flue gas, to collect a reaction product containing the captured carbon dioxide, to separate a carbon dioxide reaction product and a waste solution from the reaction product, to collect and store the carbon dioxide reaction product, and to discharge a residual flue gas in which the captured carbon dioxide is removed. Furthermore, the system includes a secondary reactor configured to promote precipitation of a carbonate, and a dehydrator provided at an outlet of the secondary reactor and configured to extract carbonate powder by removing water from a carbonate solution precipitated from the secondary reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250214026
    Abstract: Proposed is a system for carbon dioxide capture and carbon recycling for a steel mill. The system includes a fluidized bed reduction furnace configured to reduce fine iron ore to reduced iron by using a reducing gas, a first discharge means configured to discharge an exhaust gas generated from the fluidized bed reduction furnace, a melting furnace configured to manufacture molten iron, a second discharge means configured to discharge an exhaust gas generated from the melting furnace, and a reactor configured such that when the reactor receives the exhaust gas discharged from the fluidized bed reduction furnace and the melting furnace as the reducing gas, the reactor captures carbon dioxide in the reducing gas by reacting the reducing gas with a basic alkaline mixture solution, and then collects a reactant and injects, into the fluidized bed reduction furnace, the reducing gas from which carbon dioxide is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250214036
    Abstract: Proposed is a system for creating an artificial forest. The system includes a suction pipe that suctions air, a circulation pipe forming a passage through which air suctioned from the suction pipe circulates, a plurality of air diffusers branched from the circulation pipe and configured to diffuse and supply air in the form of fine bubbles in a chamber, the chamber collecting carbon dioxide in air by reacting the air supplied from the plurality of air diffusers and a pre-stored basic alkaline mixture solution with each other, a separator collecting a reactant containing carbon dioxide collected in the chamber and separating a carbon dioxide reactant and a waste solution from the reactant, a carbon resource storage storing the separated carbon dioxide reactant for recycling the carbon dioxide reactant, and a discharge pipe discharging a residual air from which carbon dioxide collected in the chamber is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Patent number: 12274989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a desulfurization agent mixing system for fuel oil used in harbors, the system including: a fuel oil tank for storing fuel oil; a desulfurization agent tank for storing a desulfurization agent; a line mixer receiving and mixing the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from the fuel oil tank and the desulfurization agent tank; a droplet atomization unit for forming droplets of a mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, the mixture being generated by the line mixer; a magnetization unit for magnetizing the mixture in which the droplets are contained; a vortex reaction unit for turning the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, which is magnetized by the magnetization unit; a gas separation unit configured to separate gas contained in the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent mixture in the vortex reaction unit; a collision emulsion unit configured to cause the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from which the gas is separated by
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: LOWCARBON CO., LTD
    Inventor: Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12275908
    Abstract: Proposed is a method of emulsifying fuel oil and a desulfurization agent. The method includes (a) a step of adding a desulfurization agent to fuel oil for line mixing thereof, (b) a step of generating droplets in the resulting mixture of step (a), (c) a step of causing the resulting mixture of step (b) to pass through a magnetic field so that the mixture can be magnetized, (d) a step of subjecting the resulting mixture of step (c) to vortex mixing, and (e) a step of causing collision of the resulting mixture of step (d). The method uses fuel oil as a continuous phase and a water-based desulfurization agent as a disperse phase and emulsifies the desulfurization agent in the fuel oil through water-in-oil (W/o) emulsification so that the desulfurization agent can be stably dispersed in the fuel oil. Since the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent are burned together during combustion, sulfur oxides that may occur during the combustion are removed, whereby sulfur oxide emissions are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: LOWCARBON CO., LTD
    Inventor: Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20250090993
    Abstract: Proposed is a carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide capture and carbon resource conversion system for coal-fired power generation, the system being capable of capturing and converting carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas into a carbon resource by using a basic alkaline mixture solution, thereby being capable of reducing carbon dioxide and also capable of manufacturing sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate. In the system, sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate manufactured from the captured carbon dioxide is used as a desulfurization agent capturing sulfur oxide in an exhaust gas discharged from a coal-fired power generation plant, and carbon dioxide and sulfur oxide are simultaneously captured, so that an additional flue gas desulfurization equipment is not required to be mounted. Accordingly, the installation space of the desulfurization equipment for removing pollutants contained in gas introduced into carbon dioxide capture equipment may be minimized, and the process cost may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20250083100
    Abstract: Proposed are a carbon dioxide capture and carbon capture and utilization system for a ship, and a method therefor. The system includes a first reactor configured to receive an exhaust gas, to capture carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas by reacting the exhaust gas with a basic alkaline mixture solution, to collect a reactant containing the captured carbon dioxide, to separate a carbon dioxide reactant and a waste solution from the reactant, to collect and store the carbon dioxide reactant, and to discharge a residual exhaust gas in which the captured carbon dioxide is removed, and includes a second reactor connected to the first reactor, the second reactor being provided with a carbon dioxide reactant injection port and at least two seawater injection ports. The second reactor is a horizontal type reactor, and a turbulent flow zone and a laminar flow zone are sequentially formed in the second reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20240269656
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for manufacturing a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide capable of removing carbon dioxide and converting carbon dioxide into other useful materials at the same time by capturing and converting carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion into a carbon resource and a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide manufactured by the method of the same. The catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide according to the present disclosure can reduce carbon dioxide by capturing carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion. It is possible to convert the captured carbon dioxide into other useful materials by converting the collected carbon dioxide into sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as carbon resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD
    Inventor: Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20240263325
    Abstract: Proposed is a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide capable of removing carbon dioxide and converting carbon dioxide into other useful materials at the same time by capturing and converting carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion into a carbon resource and a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide manufactured by the method of the same. The catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide according to the present disclosure can reduce carbon dioxide by capturing carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion. It is possible to convert the captured carbon dioxide into other useful materials by converting the collected carbon dioxide into sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as carbon resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: LOWCARBON CO., LTD
    Inventor: Cheol LEE