Patents by Inventor Dae-Heung Choi

Dae-Heung Choi 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: 11801488
    Abstract: A method of preparing an alumina catalyst including: performing primary calcination of an alumina precursor at a primary calcination temperature to form a mixed-phase alumina including 1% to 15% by weight of alpha-alumina, 60% to 95% by weight of theta-alumina, and 4% to 25% by weight of delta-alumina; steam-treating the mixed-phase alumina with water vapor at a steam-treating temperature lower than the primary calcination temperature to form activated mixed-phase alumina; and performing secondary calcination of the activated mixed-phase alumina at a secondary calcination temperature higher than the steam treatment temperature and lower than the primary calcination temperature after step S2. An alumina catalyst prepared using the method, and a method of preparing propylene using the alumina catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sub Keum, Dae Heung Choi, Joo Young Cheon, Hyeon Bin Kim
  • Patent number: 11660584
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a method of performing oxidative dehydrogenation using the catalyst. The catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation has improved durability and fillability by including a porous support coated with a metal oxide (AB2O4) according to Equation 1: X wt %+Y wt %=100 wt %,??<Equation 1> wherein X is a content of AB2O4 and is 5 or more and less than 30, and Y is a content of the porous support and is more than 70 and 95 or less, wherein the metal oxide exhibits activity during oxidative dehydrogenation. Therefore, when the catalyst is used in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene, the conversion rate of butene and the selectivity and yield of butadiene may be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Ji Suh, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Sun Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220314197
    Abstract: A method of preparing an alumina catalyst including: performing primary calcination of an alumina precursor at a primary calcination temperature to form a mixed-phase alumina including 1% to 15% by weight of alpha-alumina, 60% to 95% by weight of theta-alumina, and 4% to 25% by weight of delta-alumina; steam-treating the mixed-phase alumina with water vapor at a steam-treating temperature lower than the primary calcination temperature to form activated mixed-phase alumina; and performing secondary calcination of the activated mixed-phase alumina at a secondary calcination temperature higher than the steam treatment temperature and lower than the primary calcination temperature after step S2. An alumina catalyst prepared using the method, and a method of preparing propylene using the alumina catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Young Sub Keum, Dae Heung Choi, Joo Young Cheon, Hyeon Bin Kim
  • Publication number: 20220258132
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dehydration catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing an alkene using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dehydration catalyst that is mixed-phase alumina including 1 to 18% by weight of alpha-alumina, 65 to 95% by weight of theta-alumina, and 4 to 34% by weight of delta-alumina, a method for preparing the dehydration catalyst, and a method for preparing an alkene using the dehydration catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeon Bin KIM, Joo Young CHEON, Young Sub KEUM, Dae Heung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210187485
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a method of performing oxidative dehydrogenation using the catalyst. The catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation has improved durability and fillability by including a porous support coated with a metal oxide (AB2O4) according to Equation 1: X wt %+Y wt %=100 wt %,??<Equation 1> wherein X is a content of AB2O4 and is 5 or more and less than 30, and Y is a content of the porous support and is more than 70 and 95 or less, wherein the metal oxide exhibits activity during oxidative dehydrogenation. Therefore, when the catalyst is used in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene, the conversion rate of butene and the selectivity and yield of butadiene may be greatly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Myung Ji SUH, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Dae Heung CHOI, Ye Seul HWANG, Jun Kyu HAN, Sun Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 10994262
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene having a high butene conversion rate and superior side reaction inhibition effect and thus having high reactivity and high selectivity for a product by preparing metal oxide nanoparticles and then fixing the prepared metal oxide nanoparticles to a support, and a method of preparing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Kim, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Jun Kyu Han, Sun Hwan Hwang, Jun Han Kang, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Ye Seul Hwang, Sang Jin Han
  • Patent number: 10888844
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a method of performing oxidative dehydrogenation using the catalyst. The catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation has improved durability and fillability by including a porous support coated with a metal oxide (AB2O4) according to Equation 1 of the present invention, wherein the metal oxide exhibits activity during oxidative dehydrogenation. Therefore, when the catalyst is used in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene, the conversion rate of butene and the selectivity and yield of butadiene may be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Ji Suh, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Sun Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 10843173
    Abstract: A ferrite catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. The ferrite catalyst is prepared using an epoxide-based sol-gel method, wherein a step of burning includes a first burning step, in which burning is performed at a temperature of 70 to 200° C.; and a second burning step, in which burning is performed after the temperature is raised from a temperature in the range of greater than 200° C. to 250° C. to a temperature in the range of 600 to 900° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Hwan Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Jun Han Kang, Kyong Yong Cha, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Sang Jin Han, Seong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10543478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation. More particularly, the method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation includes a first step of preparing an aqueous iron-metal precursor solution by dissolving a trivalent cation iron (Fe) precursor and a divalent cation metal (A) precursor in distilled water; a second step of obtaining a slurry of an iron-metal oxide by reacting the aqueous iron-metal precursor solution with ammonia water in a coprecipitation bath to form an iron-metal oxide (step b) and then filtering the iron-metal oxide; and a third step of heating the iron-metal oxide slurry. In accordance with the present invention, a metal oxide catalyst, as a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, having a high spinel phase structure proportion may be economically prepared by a simple process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong Yong Cha, Myung Ji Suh, Dong Hyun Ko, Dae Heung Choi, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Sun Hwan Hwang, Seong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10518250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferrite-based catalyst composite, a method of preparing the same, and a method of preparing butadiene using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a ferrite-based catalyst composite having a shape that allows effective dispersion of excess heat generated in a butadiene production process and prevention of catalyst damage and side reaction occurrence by reducing direct exposure of a catalyst to heat, a method of preparing the ferrite-based catalyst composite, and a method of preparing butadiene capable of lowering the temperature of a hot spot and reducing generation of Cox by allowing active sites of a catalyst to have a broad temperature gradient (profile) during oxidative dehydrogenation using the ferrite-based catalyst composite, and thus, providing improved process efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Heung Choi, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Myung Ji Suh, Ye Seul Hwang, Sun Hwan Hwang, Seong Min Kim, Jun Han Kang, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Sang Jin Han, Jun Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 10486150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation allowing oxidative dehydrogenation reactivity to be secured while increasing a first pass yield, and a method of preparing the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Hwan Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Ye Seul Hwang, Jun Kyu Han, Seong Min Kim, Jun Han Kang, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Sang Jin Han
  • Publication number: 20190329226
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a method of performing oxidative dehydrogenation using the catalyst. The catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation has improved durability and fillability by including a porous support coated with a metal oxide (AB2O4) according to Equation 1 of the present invention, wherein the metal oxide exhibits activity during oxidative dehydrogenation. Therefore, when the catalyst is used in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene, the conversion rate of butene and the selectivity and yield of butadiene may be greatly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Ji SUH, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Dae Heung CHOI, Ye Seul HWANG, Jun Kyu HAN, Sun Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 10456775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst comprising a) a step of dissolving a zinc precursor and an iron (III) precursor in water to prepare an aqueous metal precursor solution; b) a step of precipitating a solid catalyst precursor while vaporizing water in the aqueous metal precursor solution; and c) a step of firing the precipitated solid catalyst precursor to prepare a zinc ferrite catalyst. In accordance with the present disclosure, the method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst can be simply carried out without a pH adjustment step and can secure reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Seul Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi
  • Patent number: 10343958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for coating a surface of a porous material and a method of treating the surface of the porous material. More particularly, when the catalyst for coating a surface of a porous material and the method of treating the surface of the porous material of the present invention are used for butadiene synthesis reaction under high gas space velocity and high pressure conditions, heat generation may be easily controlled and differential pressure may be effectively alleviated, thereby providing improved reactant conversion rate and product selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Ji Suh, Jun Han Kang, Dong Hyun Ko, Seong Min Kim, Hyun Seok Nam, Joo Hyuck Lee, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Sang Jin Han, Jun Kyu Han, Sun Hwan Hwang, Ye Seul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190184388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation allowing oxidative dehydrogenation reactivity to be secured while increasing a first pass yield, and a method of preparing the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Sun Hwan HWANG, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Dae Heung CHOI, Myung Ji SUH, Ye Seul HWANG, Jun Kyu HAN, Seong Min KIM, Jun Han KANG, Joo Hyuck LEE, Hyun Seok NAM, Sang Jin HAN
  • Patent number: 10315969
    Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing a multicomponent bismuth-molybdenum composite metal oxide catalyst, and a multicomponent bismuth-molybdenum composite metal oxide catalyst prepared thereby. According to the preparation method, since the almost same structure as that of a typical quaternary bismuth-molybdenum catalyst may be obtained by performing two-step co-precipitation, i.e., primary and secondary co-precipitation, of metal components constituting the catalyst, the reduction of catalytic activity due to the deformation of the structure of the catalyst may be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Seul Hwang, Dong Hyun Ko, Kyong Yong Cha, Dae Heung Choi, Myung Ji Suh, Jun Han Kang, Joo Hyuck Lee, Hyun Seok Nam, Jun Kyu Han, Sang Jin Han
  • Publication number: 20190134612
    Abstract: A ferrite catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. The ferrite catalyst is prepared using an epoxide-based sol-gel method, wherein a step of burning includes a first burning step, in which burning is performed at a temperature of 70 to 200° C.; and a second burning step, in which burning is performed after the temperature is raised from a temperature in the range of greater than 200° C. to 250° C. to a temperature in the range of 600 to 900° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Sun Hwan HWANG, Dong Hyun KO, Jun Han KANG, Kyong Yong CHA, Joo Hyuck LEE, Hyun Seok NAM, Dae Heung CHOI, Myung Ji SUH, Ye Seul HWANG, Jun Kyu HAN, Sang Jin HAN, Seong Min KIM
  • Publication number: 20180290126
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of butene having a high butene conversion rate and superior side reaction inhibition effect and thus having high reactivity and high selectivity for a product by preparing metal oxide nanoparticles and then fixing the prepared metal oxide nanoparticles to a support, and a method of preparing the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Seongmin KIM, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Dae Heung CHOI, Myung Ji SUH, Jun Kyu HAN, Sun Hwan HWANG, Jun Han KANG, Joo Hyuck LEE, Hyun Seok NAM, Ye Seul HWANG, Sang Jin HAN
  • Publication number: 20180229221
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst comprising a) a step of dissolving a zinc precursor and an iron (III) precursor in water to prepare an aqueous metal precursor solution; b) a step of precipitating a solid catalyst precursor while vaporizing water in the aqueous metal precursor solution; and c) a step of firing the precipitated solid catalyst precursor to prepare a zinc ferrite catalyst. In accordance with the present disclosure, the method of preparing a zinc ferrite catalyst can be simply carried out without a pH adjustment step and can secure reproducibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Seul HWANG, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Dae Heung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180214854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferrite-based catalyst composite, a method of preparing the same, and a method of preparing butadiene using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a ferrite-based catalyst composite having a shape that allows effective dispersion of excess heat generated in a butadiene production process and prevention of catalyst damage and side reaction occurrence by reducing direct exposure of a catalyst to heat, a method of preparing the ferrite-based catalyst composite, and a method of preparing butadiene capable of lowering the temperature of a hot spot and reducing generation of Cox by allowing active sites of a catalyst to have a broad temperature gradient (profile) during oxidative dehydrogenation using the ferrite-based catalyst composite, and thus, providing improved process efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Dae Heung CHOI, Dong Hyun KO, Kyong Yong CHA, Myung Ji SUH, Ye Seul HWANG, Sun Hwan HWANG, Seong Min KIM, Jun Han KANG, Joo Hyuck LEE, Hyun Seok NAM, Sang Jin HAN, Jun Kyu HAN