Patents by Inventor Eungseon KIM

Eungseon 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).

  • Passive reactor cavity cooling system
    Patent number: 11289220
    Abstract: A passive reactor cavity cooling system according to the present invention includes: a reactor cavity formed between a reactor vessel and a containment structure enclosing the reactor vessel; a first cooling system to control external air to sequentially pass through an air falling pipe and an air rising pipe provided in the reactor cavity, so that residual heat of a core transferred to the reactor cavity is discharged to the atmosphere; a second cooling system having a water cooling pipe disposed in an inner space of the containment structure or in a wall of the containment structure to discharge the residual heat of the core transferred to the reactor cavity to outside; and a functional conductor having an insulating property in a normal operation temperature range of the reactor and a heat transfer property in an accident occurrence temperature range of the reactor which is a higher temperature environment than the normal operation temperature range, wherein the air falling pipe and the water cooling pipe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byungha Park, Hongsik Lim, Eungseon Kim, Changkeun Jo, Minhwan Kim
  • PASSIVE REACTOR CAVITY COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200027596
    Abstract: A passive reactor cavity cooling system according to the present invention includes: a reactor cavity formed between a reactor vessel and a containment structure enclosing the reactor vessel; a first cooling system to control external air to sequentially pass through an air falling pipe and an air rising pipe provided in the reactor cavity, so that residual heat of a core transferred to the reactor cavity is discharged to the atmosphere; a second cooling system having a water cooling pipe disposed in an inner space of the containment structure or in a wall of the containment structure to discharge the residual heat of the core transferred to the reactor cavity to outside; and a functional conductor having an insulating property in a normal operation temperature range of the reactor and a heat transfer property in an accident occurrence temperature range of the reactor which is a higher temperature environment than the normal operation temperature range, wherein the air falling pipe and the water cooling pipe
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byungha PARK, Hongsik LIM, Eungseon KIM, Changkeun JO, Minhwan KIM