Patents by Inventor Geol Woo Lee

Geol Woo 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).

  • Passive cooling apparatus of spent fuel pool
    Patent number: 9640286
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a spent fuel pool having a heat exchanger includes a cooling water pool positioned above the spent fuel pool; a floating device configured to be elevated according to a water level of a cooling water in the spent fuel pool; and an emergency cooling water supply pipe configured to form a path through which the cooling water of the cooling water pool is moved to the spent fuel pool and configured to include a floating valve that opens or closes a flow passage of the cooling water in connection with the elevation of the floating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Geol Woo Lee, Young Baek Kim, Jae Don Choi, Jae Il Lee, Sung Ju Cho, Jung Seon An, Dong Kyu Lee, Hye Jin Kim, Dong Uk Choi
  • APPARATUS FOR CHARGING EMERGENCY BATTERY USING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION DEVICE IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20130114779
    Abstract: An apparatus for charging an emergency battery, which provides an emergency power to an emergency core cooling apparatus including an electric pump or a steam pump includes a thermoelectric generation device configured to detect a decay heat and a residual heat produced in a nuclear power plant and configured to convert the detected heat to an electric energy; an electric energy conversion unit connected to the thermoelectric generation device to output a current generated in the thermoelectric generation device as a constant voltage; and the emergency battery configured to store a power outputted from the electric energy conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong LEE, Seoung Eun CHUN, Geol Woo LEE, Byeong Tae YU, Joon Sung KIM, Tae Young YOON, Sung Min CHOI, Hye Jin KIM, Sang Jung PARK, Hyoung Gun SHIM
  • PASSIVE COOLING APPARATUS OF SPENT FUEL POOL
    Publication number: 20130108004
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a spent fuel pool having a heat exchanger includes a cooling water pool positioned above the spent fuel pool; a floating device configured to be elevated according to a water level of a cooling water in the spent fuel pool; and an emergency cooling water supply pipe configured to form a path through which the cooling water of the cooling water pool is moved to the spent fuel pool and configured to include a floating valve that opens or closes a flow passage of the cooling water in connection with the elevation of the floating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR RUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Geol Woo Lee, Young Baek Kim, Jae Don Choi, Jae Il Lee, Sung Ju Cho, Jung Seon An, Dong Kyu Lee, Hye Jin Kim, Dong Uk Choi