Patents by Inventor Hong-Bok Choi

Hong-Bok 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: 8372284
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wastewater treatment plant and a wastewater treatment method. The wastewater treatment plant includes: a reactor including a gas outlet, a treated water outlet, and an inlet through which wastewater and gas are supplied, through which the wastewater is introduced, to perform aeration and denitrification; a sludge separation means including plural reaction unit bodies stacked inside the reactor to divide the interior of the reactor into upper and lower sides and separating sludge in a aeration process by forming a gas hold-up space for collecting the gas rising from a lower portion of the reactor; and a aeration unit introducing gas into the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ecodays Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong Bok Choi
  • Publication number: 20100187187
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wastewater treatment plant and a wastewater treatment method. The wastewater treatment plant includes: a reactor including a gas outlet, a treated water outlet, and an inlet through which wastewater and gas are supplied, through which the wastewater is introduced, to perform aeration and denitrification; a sludge separation means including plural reaction unit bodies stacked inside the reactor to divide the interior of the reactor into upper and lower sides and separating sludge in a aeration process by forming a gas hold-up space for collecting the gas rising from a lower portion of the reactor; and a aeration unit introducing gas into the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ECODAYS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Bok Choi
  • Patent number: 7744754
    Abstract: A plant for wastewater treatment is provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The plant for wastewater treatment includes a reactor into which wastewater and air flow into and depart from; multi-layer sludge separating portions, wherein pollutants in wastewater can be decomposed by increasing an amount of dissolved oxygen because upward moving time of intruded wastewater and air bubbles can be increased by including a reactor divided into upper and lower sides, and fluidity of wastewater may be improved by forming a residential space; and carriers located between the sludge separating portions and including a large amount of microbes, wherein wastewater treatment is performed by a biological reaction caused by contact between the carriers and wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ecodays Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Bok Choi, Jae-Ki Lee, Ju-Hyung Park, Eun-Ju Choi, Jung-Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 7731850
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for treating wastewater are provided. The method for treating wastewater includes: a pre-treatment step of removing impurities contained in high concentration wastewater and crushing the impurities using a crusher; a first aerobic treatment step of supplying wastewater containing organic acids to a first aerobic tank and injecting air to the first aerobic tank to be aerobically treated; an anaerobic treatment step of supplying the wastewater, from which excess organic acids are removed by the aerobic treatment, to an anaerobic tank to be anaerobically treated; a degassing step of supplying the wastewater treated in the aerobic and anaerobic treatment steps to a degassing tank to remove air and gas; and a post-treatment step of precipitating the wastewater aerobically treated using a solid-liquid separation tank, a pressure floatation tank or a precipitation tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: EcoDays Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Bok Choi, Jae-Ki Lee, Ju-Hyung Park, Eun-Ju Choi, Jeong-Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 7597801
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment plant includes a reaction tank connected to an wastewater supply tube and an aeration apparatus to receive wastewater therein, a sludge separation unit dividing an internal space of the reaction tank into upper and lower sections to increase an amount of dissolved oxygen by increasing an contact area of the wastewater and bubbles and to separate relatively light materials by moving low density matters existed on a surface of each section upward in turn, an air exhaust tube mounted on the reaction tank to exhaust bubbles passing through the sludge separation unit out of the reaction tank, a treated water exhaust tube mounted on the reaction tank to exhaust the wastewater that is treated by passing through the sludge separation unit, and a settling tank provided on a bottom of the reaction tank to concentrate and exhaust the settled sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: EcoDays Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong-Bok Choi
  • Publication number: 20080264840
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment plant includes a reaction tank connected to an wastewater supply tube and an aeration apparatus to receive wastewater therein, a sludge separation unit dividing an internal space of the reaction tank into upper and lower sections to increase an amount of dissolved oxygen by increasing an contact area of the wastewater and bubbles and to separate relatively light materials by moving low density matters existed on a surface of each section upward in turn, an air exhaust tube mounted on the reaction tank to exhaust bubbles passing through the sludge separation unit out of the reaction tank, a treated water exhaust tube mounted on the reaction tank to exhaust the wastewater that is treated by passing through the sludge separation unit, and a settling tank provided on a bottom of the reaction tank to concentrate and exhaust the settled sludge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ECODAYS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong-Bok Choi
  • Publication number: 20080264844
    Abstract: A plant for wastewater treatment is provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The plant for wastewater treatment includes a reactor into which wastewater and air flow into and depart from; multi-layer sludge separating portions, wherein pollutants in wastewater can be decomposed by increasing an amount of dissolved oxygen because upward moving time of intruded wastewater and air bubbles can be increased by including a reactor divided into upper and lower sides, and fluidity of wastewater may be improved by forming a residential space; and carriers located between the sludge separating portions and including a large amount of microbes, wherein wastewater treatment is performed by a biological reaction caused by contact between the carriers and wastewater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Hong-Bok Choi, Jae-Ki Lee, Ju-Hyung Park, Eun-Ju Choi, Jung-Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20070289921
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for treating wastewater are provided. The method for treating wastewater includes: a pre-treatment step of removing impurities contained in high concentration wastewater and crushing the impurities using a crusher; a first aerobic treatment step of supplying wastewater containing organic acids to a first aerobic tank and injecting air to the first aerobic tank to be aerobically treated; an anaerobic treatment step of supplying the wastewater, from which excess organic acids are removed by the aerobic treatment, to an anaerobic tank to be anaerobically treated; a degassing step of supplying the wastewater treated in the aerobic and anaerobic treatment steps to a degassing tank to remove air and gas; and a post-treatment step of precipitating the wastewater aerobically treated using a solid-liquid separation tank, a pressure floatation tank or a precipitation tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: ECODAYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Bok Choi, Jae-Ki Lee, Ju-Hyung Park, Eun-Ju Choi, Jeong-Rae Kim