Patents by Inventor Ho-Gil Choi

Ho-Gil 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: 10718058
    Abstract: A reduced iron production method using an electrowinning method and reduced iron is provided. The method includes, preparing a mixture by mixing, a solid electrolyte containing sodium peroxide (Na2O2) and boron oxide (B2O3), with iron oxide (Fe2O3); and putting the mixture in an electrowinning device provided with an anode and an insoluble cathode and heating to form a molten oxide and then applying a voltage to the anode and the cathode to form iron on the cathode. Therefore, by reducing iron oxide through an electrowinning method, a reduced iron in a pure iron state can be obtained. Although it is very difficult to obtain pure iron by refining an iron ore, by using the electrowinning method in which the composition of an electrolyte is controlled and electrolysis conditions are controlled, reduced iron that is pure can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyung-Woo Yi, Jong-Ha Park, Ho-Gil Choi
  • Patent number: 10465306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing titanium by using electrowinning and, more specifically, to a method for preparing titanium by using electrowinning, comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture by mixing a solid electrolyte, which contains an oxide of a Group 1 element and boron oxide, with titanium dioxide; and forming a molten oxide from the mixture by putting the mixture in an electrowinning apparatus comprising an anode and an insoluble cathode and heating the same, and then forming titanium on the cathode by applying voltage to the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyung-Woo Yi, Jong-Ha Park, Ho-Gil Choi
  • Publication number: 20190226106
    Abstract: A reduced iron production method using an electrowinning method and reduced iron is provided. The method includes, preparing a mixture by mixing, a solid electrolyte containing sodium peroxide (Na2O2) and boron oxide (B2O3), with iron oxide (Fe2O3); and putting the mixture in an electrowinning device provided with an anode and an insoluble cathode and heating to form a molten oxide and then applying a voltage to the anode and the cathode to form iron on the cathode. Therefore, by reducing iron oxide through an electrowinning method, a reduced iron in a pure iron state can be obtained. Although it is very difficult to obtain pure iron by refining an iron ore, by using the electrowinning method in which the composition of an electrolyte is controlled and electrolysis conditions are controlled, reduced iron that is pure can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kyung-Woo YI, Jong-Ha PARK, Ho-Gil CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170241029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing titanium by using electrowinning and, more specifically, to a method for preparing titanium by using electrowinning, comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture by mixing a solid electrolyte, which contains an oxide of a Group 1 element and boron oxide, with titanium dioxide; and forming a molten oxide from the mixture by putting the mixture in an electrowinning apparatus comprising an anode and an insoluble cathode and heating the same, and then forming titanium on the cathode by applying voltage to the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kyung-Woo Yi, Jong-Ha Park, Ho-Gil Choi