Patents by Inventor Gyunyoung Heo

Gyunyoung Heo 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: 8871074
    Abstract: A water desalination system and method in accordance with the principles of the present invention employs capacitive deionization to remove ions from source water to produce deionzed and waste water. The process employs charged electrodes to attract ions of opposite polarity from the source water. The process of discharging the electrodes employs solvent drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nam P. Suh, Sang-Gook Kim, Taesik Lee, Ishan Barman, Gyunyoung Heo
  • Publication number: 20110247937
    Abstract: A water desalination system and method in accordance with the principles of the present invention employs capacitive deionization to remove ions from source water to produce deionzed and waste water. The process employs charged electrodes to attract ions of opposite polarity from the source water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Nam P. Suh, Sang-Gook Kim, Taesik Lee, Ishan Barman, Gyunyoung Heo