Patents by Inventor Hoon Im
Hoon Im 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).
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Publication number: 20180221892Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributor and a down flow catalytic reactor comprising same, and according to one aspect of the present invention, provides a distributor comprising: an inside downcomer which has a first flow space; an outside downcomer which is disposed so as to surround at least some area of the inside downcomer, and has a second flow space partitioned from the first flow space of the inside downcomer; an outside cap which has a plurality of first slots and is mounted on the inside downcomer so as to enable a fluid that has passed through the first slots to flow to the first flow space; and an inside cap which has a plurality of second slots and is mounted on the outside downcomer so as to enable a fluid that has passed through the second slots to flow to the second flow space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Jun Young LEE, Young Soo SONG, Ye Hoon IM
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Publication number: 20180214888Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for exfoliating a plate-shaped material for exfoliating graphene, which has features that while a shear force required for the exfoliation of graphite is applied using a specific microchannel, it can simultaneously prevent the graphene itself from being crushed and increase the discharge flow rate of a graphene dispersion, thereby enhancing the production efficiency of graphene.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Hyun Yoo, Eun Jeong Kim, In Young Kim, Ye Hoon Im, Won Jong Kwon
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Publication number: 20180215622Abstract: The present invention relates to a peeling device of sheet material for peeling off graphite, and the peeling device of sheet material according to the present invention is characterized in that a specific microchannel is used to apply a shear force required to peel off graphite, and simultaneously, graphene itself is not ground and the discharge flow rate of the graphene dispersion increases to increase graphene preparation efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Hyun Yoo, Eun Jeong Kim, In Young Kim, Pum Suk Park, Ye Hoon Im, Won Jong Kwon
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Patent number: 10035114Abstract: The present application relates to a mixer and a mixing method and, more specifically, to a pipe-type mixer for low-flow dispersion of immiscible liquids. The mixer, according to the present application, comprises: a pump (30) provided in a liquid transport section so as to supplement a deficient flow velocity, when materials to be mixed such as liquids are mixed through a continuous mixing step; and static mixers (22) suitable for the dispersion of the materials to be mixed by increasing a diameter of mixing parts (20) provided in a circulation pipe (10). Thus, a mixing rate of mixed materials can be more efficiently increased when the materials are mixed by using the static mixers (22).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Won Choi, Ye Hoon Im, Yu Shik Hong, Young Soo Song
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Publication number: 20180207586Abstract: The present invention relates to a reverse osmosis filter module including an improved feed spacer, and particularly, to a reverse osmosis filter module including an improved feed spacer which has an asymmetric diameter in an intersection in which a first set of filaments and a second set of filaments intersect, thereby reducing differential pressure by increasing a cross-sectional area of a flow path, and mitigating concentration polarization by developing a swirl flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Junwon CHOI, Ye Hoon IM, Hyoung Joon SON, Young Myung GEE
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Patent number: 10020710Abstract: A poly-generation system includes: at least one cylinder; a reciprocating piston provided in the cylinder; an engine rotor generates a magnetic force and reciprocates with the piston; an engine stator includes an engine coil which induces an electromotive force by interference with the reciprocating engine rotor and outputs the electromotive force induced in the engine coil; and a generator which is integrally coupled with a reciprocating shaft of the piston and generates electricity using an inertial force generated by the reciprocating piston, the generator includes: an elastic member deformed by the inertial force; a generator rotor includes a generator magnet and reciprocates due to the deformation of the elastic member; a generator stator includes a generator coil and outputs an electromotive force induced in the generator coil due to interference with the generator magnet, and a generator battery stores the electromotive force induced in the generator coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: Yong Hoon Im, Gyu Sung Choi, Dong Hyun Lee
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Publication number: 20180141022Abstract: The present invention relates to a peeling device of sheet material for peeling off graphite, and the peeling device of sheet material according to the present invention is characterized in that a specific microchannel is used to apply a shear force required to peel off graphite, and simultaneously, various sizes of shear forces can be applied according to the sections in the microchannel, thus increasing graphene preparation efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Eun Jeong Kim, Kwang Hyun Yoo, Ye Hoon Im, In Young Kim, Won Jong Kwon
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Patent number: 9964314Abstract: The present invention relates to a trigeneration energy supply system having improved cooling and system use efficiency. The trigeneration energy supply system according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a vacuum pump; a vacuum chamber inside which a vacuum is created by the vacuum pump; a condensed water storage tank positioned higher than the vacuum chamber, and prepared so as to store condensed water formed when steam generated by evaporating water brought inside the vacuum chamber is transferred to the inside of the tank by the vacuum pump; a cooling pipeline arranged to pass through the inside of the vacuum chamber cooled during the water evaporation and prepared to deliver cool air to a cooling load; and a small hydroelectric power generation system for generating electrical power by allowing the condensed water stored in the condensed water storage tank to be poured from at least the height of the condensed water storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: Yong Hoon Im, Jae Yong Lee, Dong Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9962726Abstract: A dipping bath according to the present disclosure includes a body to hold a slurry for dip coating, an inlet installed to flow the slurry from an outside of the body to an inside, and an outlet installed to discharge the slurry from the inside of the body to the outside, and one end of the inlet placed inside the body may be disposed facing a side surface of the body at a distance and may be tilted to a predetermined angle in a direction toward a bottom surface of the body. According to the present disclosure, adjustment of an incidence angle of the slurry flowing into the bath through the inlet may increase a flow rate of the slurry toward the bottom surface, as well as allowing a uniform distribution of solids contained in the slurry circulating through the bath.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: WonChan Park, De-Hee Kim, Ye-Hoon Im
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Patent number: 9951746Abstract: A potential energy-based power generation system comprises a first reservoir disposed on an upper part of a building and configured to reserve water, a second reservoir located underground of the building and configured to reserve the water, a small hydro power generation unit including a small hydro power generation turbine to generate the power, a fuel cell power generation unit disposed at one side of the first reservoir and configured to generate the power using the hydrogen gas, an electrolysis device disposed in the second reservoir and configured to perform electrolysis for decomposition of the water into the oxygen and hydrogen gas by using the external power or the power generated by the small hydro power generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: Yong Hoon Im, Dong Hyun Lee, Jae Yong Lee
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Patent number: 9943887Abstract: A fluid supplying apparatus includes an inner tube having a plurality of holes for distributing a fluid supplied from a supply unit, and an outer tube arranged coaxially or non-coaxially with the inner tube to surround the inner tube and having a plurality of slots for injecting the fluid distributed therein from the holes to the outside. The outer tube substantially has the same length as the inner tube. The fluid supplying apparatus may be used for a thin film cleaning system or method.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Young Ju Seo, Chae-Ho Chung, Do-Ki Chang, Ki-Kyo Yeom, Ye-Hoon Im, Jae-Min Kim, Kyoung-Hoon Min, Won-Chan Park
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Publication number: 20180073778Abstract: Disclosed is a ground heat exchange system including a heat exchange pipe including a borehole surface and an inner pipe to be inserted into the borehole surface, and installed to penetrate the ground, a circulation pump configured to inject a fluid between the borehole surface and the inner pipe and discharge a heated fluid from the inner pipe, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat using the fluid discharged from the inner pipe, and at least one wing portion disposed between the borehole surface and the inner pipe and configured to reduce heat transfer between a fluid flowing between the borehole surface and the inner pipe and a fluid flowing in the inner pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Dong-hyun Lee, Byung-sik Park, Chun Dong Park, Yong-hoon Im
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Publication number: 20180050318Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerization reactor. The polymerization reactor according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a housing including a supply part for supplying a reactant; a tube which is provided inside the housing and extends along the height direction of the housing; a first impeller including a blade which spirally surrounds the tube along the height direction of the housing; a second impeller which is provided inside the housing in order to enable the reactant to flow into the tube; and a partition wall which is provided to surround the second impeller along the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Jin Shin, Young Soo Song, Ye Hoon Im
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Publication number: 20180034121Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cartridge having a novel structure for guaranteeing stable operational performance of a secondary battery that operates at a high temperature or has improved performance at a high temperature, and a battery module including the cartridge. The battery module of the present disclosure include: at least one secondary battery; and a cartridge receiving at least a portion of the secondary battery and configured to be stacked in at least one direction, the cartridge including a heat insulating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ki-Young KWON, Da-Young SUNG, Young-Jin YI, Min-Chul JANG, Byoung-Hyo JUNG, Ye-Hoon IM, Doo-Kyung YANG
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Patent number: 9862631Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for eliminating a heterogeneous glass present in the top surface of a molten glass effectively, and a melting furnace and a glass manufacturing apparatus comprising the same. The apparatus for eliminating a heterogeneous glass according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a storage bath having an inlet and an outlet to receive a molten glass fed into the inlet and to discharge the received molten glass through the outlet, and an evacuating opening formed on the top of the storage bath, the evacuating opening allowing the received molten glass to overflow; a first gate being mounted close to the outlet of the storage bath to adjust an open area, thereby controlling the flow rate of the molten glass to be discharged through the outlet; and a second gate being mounted close to the inlet of the storage bath to control the height of the molten glass received in the storage bath at the section in which the evacuating opening is formed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon Min, Ye-Hoon Im, Won-Jae Moon, Ji-Seob Lee
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Publication number: 20170364232Abstract: A terminal device for executing an application providing a search service is provided. The terminal device may include a touch sensing display, one or more processors, and a memory. The application is configured to be stored in the memory and implemented by the one or more processors, and includes a first interface providing a code to display a first search interface corresponding to a text-based search on the touch sensing display, and a second interface providing a code to display a second search interface on the touch sensing display, when a call interaction of the second search interface corresponding to a recognition search is sensed in response to a touch input on the touch sensing display while displaying the first search interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Hyun Joo SEO, Maria PARK, Yeo Rae KIM, Jung Hoon IM
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Patent number: 9829212Abstract: A diffuser which reduces noise generated due to a flow of cool air when the cool air is discharged from a supply duct configured to supply cool air generated from a body provided at outdoors to the indoors, and an air conditioner having the same are provided. The diffuser includes a coupling part coupled to the supply duct, an extension part extending from the coupling part while having a taper shape such that cool air supplied through the supply duct is guided to the indoors, a mesh provided to surround an outer side of the extension part, and a housing accommodating the coupling part and the extension part, and having an opening configured to discharge the cool air supplied to the extension part to the indoors.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Hoon Im, Yong Hyun Kil, Jung Ho Kim, Eun Ji Na, Jin Ho Mok, Kil Hong Song, Gwang-jun Yu, Joon-Ho Yoon, Seong-Young Jeong
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Patent number: 9778116Abstract: The duplex calorimeter, connected between a first and a second demand sides to measure a caloric heat energy between the demand sides, includes a first pipe connected to the first demand side, a second pipe connected to the second demand side, first and second branch pipes, branched into two directions between the first pipe and the second pipe, a first flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the first branch pipe, a second flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the second branch pipe, a temperature measuring part measuring a temperature of the heat energy in either branch pipe, and a calculating part calculating the caloric value based on the flow rate measured by the first flow rate measuring part or the second flow rate measuring part and the temperature measured by the temperature measuring part.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: Jae Yong Lee, Yong Hoon Im, Sae Byul Kang, Dong Hyun Lee, Dae Hun Chung, Byung Sik Park, Gyu Sung Choi
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Patent number: 9756793Abstract: A combined heat and power system for greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment purifies carbon dioxide from exhaust gas of the combined heat and power system generating and supplying power and heat by combusting fuel and supplies the purified carbon dioxide to a greenhouse. The combined heat and power system includes a unified pipe system configured to simultaneously transmit hot water and carbon dioxide through a single pipe by dissolving the purified carbon dioxide in a heat transmission medium, a storage system configured to store the carbon dioxide transmitted to demand destinations along with the hot water, and supply unit configured to supply the carbon dioxide transmitted to and stored in the demand destinations depending on a heat and carbon dioxide load condition of a demand destination.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Yong Hoon Im, Jae Yong Lee
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Patent number: 9724654Abstract: An agitating bar and an agitator including the same are provided. The agitating bar includes a barrier unit in addition to a rotating shaft, and an impeller unit. Therefore, the agitating bar can be useful in preventing the stream of a fluid which flows rapidly toward a fluid outlet port in a state in which the fluid is not mixed uniformly around the rotating shaft, thereby enhancing agitation efficiency and a degree of homogenization for the mixed fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Dae Hun Kim, Kyoung Hoon Min, Ye Hoon Im