Patents by Inventor Hwan Chul Cho

Hwan Chul Cho 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: 11180392
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11180393
    Abstract: An anammox reactor capable of improving nitrogen removal efficiency by maintaining activity of microorganisms, and a water treatment method using the anammox reactor are provided. The anammox reactor includes a raw water feed pipe through which raw water is supplied, a raw water discharge pipe through which raw water is discharged to an outside, and a first chamber configured to accommodate ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and anammox bacteria for performing an anammox process, wherein the raw water feed pipe and the raw water discharge pipe are configured to communicate with the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION C
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Chul Woo Lee, Su Nam You, Yang Oh Jin
  • Patent number: 11001517
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bioreactor for treating sewage comprising an aerobic tank including a mixing cell for receiving sewage to be supplied from an inlet and mixing the sewage with activated sludge and an aerobic reactor tank in which the activated sludge adsorbs organic substance existing in the sewage; a backwashing cartridge filter for removing floc resulting from growth of the activated sludge adsorbing the organic substance; and an anaerobic tank for carrying out a denitrification process for denitrifying treated water flowed through the backwashing cartridge filter using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria wherein the backwashing cartridge filter allows the sewage discharged from the aerobic tank to pass through the cartridge filter and separates the floc and the treated water using difference in size between the floc contained in the sewage and pores in the cartridge filter, and wherein foreign matter adsorbed on the cartridge filter is easily removed by means of washing water to be injected into
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20200207650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 10626035
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20200079668
    Abstract: An anammox reactor capable of improving nitrogen removal efficiency by maintaining activity of microorganisms, and a water treatment method using the anammox reactor are provided. The anammox reactor includes a raw water feed pipe through which raw water is supplied, a raw water discharge pipe through which raw water is discharged to an outside, and a first chamber configured to accommodate ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and anammox bacteria for performing an anammox process, wherein the raw water feed pipe and the raw water discharge pipe are configured to communicate with the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Chul Woo Lee, Su Nam You, Yang Oh Jin
  • Publication number: 20200062628
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bioreactor for treating sewage comprising an aerobic tank including a mixing cell for receiving sewage to be supplied from an inlet and mixing the sewage with activated sludge and an aerobic reactor tank in which the activated sludge adsorbs organic substance existing in the sewage; a backwashing cartridge filter for removing floc resulting from growth of the activated sludge adsorbing the organic substance; and an anaerobic tank for carrying out a denitrification process for denitrifying treated water flowed through the backwashing cartridge filter using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria wherein the backwashing cartridge filter allows the sewage discharged from the aerobic tank to pass through the cartridge filter and separates the floc and the treated water using difference in size between the floc contained in the sewage and pores in the cartridge filter, and wherein foreign matter adsorbed on the cartridge filter is easily removed by means of washing water to be injected into
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hwan Chul CHO, Seong Ju KIM, Yang Oh JIN, Chul Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 10494282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bioreactor for treating sewage comprising an aerobic tank including a mixing cell for receiving sewage to be supplied from an inlet and mixing the sewage with activated sludge and an aerobic reactor tank in which the activated sludge adsorbs organic substance existing in the sewage; a backwashing cartridge filter for removing floc resulting from growth of the activated sludge adsorbing the organic substance; and an anaerobic tank for carrying out a denitrification process for denitrifying treated water flowed through the backwashing cartridge filter using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria wherein the backwashing cartridge filter allows the sewage discharged from the aerobic tank to pass through the cartridge filter and separates the floc and the treated water using difference in size between the floc contained in the sewage and pores in the cartridge filter, and wherein foreign matter adsorbed on the cartridge filter is easily removed by means of washing water to be injected into
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190315643
    Abstract: A method for biologically treating nitrogen while minimizing energy and carbon source usage uses an aerobic tank, a first anoxic tank, and a second anoxic tank. The method includes introducing feed water by dividedly introducing the feed water to the aerobic tank and the first anoxic tank; converting ammonia nitrogen into nitrate nitrogen in the aerobic tank; converting the nitrate nitrogen into nitrite nitrogen through partial denitrification in the first anoxic tank using organic material contained in the feed water; and converting the nitrite nitrogen and ammonia into nitrogen gas in the second anoxic tank using an anammox microorganism. The ammonia nitrogen is converted by determining aeration intensity, aeration time, and/or aeration amount depending on an ammonia concentration in the aerobic tank. The nitrate nitrogen is converted by determining a reaction time of the first anoxic tank based on nitrate and nitrite concentrations in the first anoxic tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Seong Ju Kim, Hwan Chul Cho, Yang Oh Jin
  • Publication number: 20190119135
    Abstract: The system relates to a disk filter for effectively preventing scale formation in a water treatment process, and to a water treatment apparatus and method using the same. The disk filter includes a housing having a cylindrical shape, a raw water inlet formed at a predetermined position on the side surface of the housing, a raw water outlet formed at a central region in the bottom of the housing, a backwash water outlet formed at a central region in the top of the housing, a ceramic filter provided in a circular disk shape inside the housing, and a scale formation inhibitor loaded in a flow channel formed inside the ceramic filter, wherein raw water introduced via the raw water inlet passes through the ceramic filter and then through the flow channel filled with the scale formation inhibitor, and is then discharged via the raw water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., LTD
    Inventors: Seong Ju Kim, Hwan Chul Cho, Yang Oh Jin
  • Publication number: 20180297879
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bioreactor for treating sewage comprising an aerobic tank including a mixing cell for receiving sewage to be supplied from an inlet and mixing the sewage with activated sludge and an aerobic reactor tank in which the activated sludge adsorbs organic substance existing in the sewage; a backwashing cartridge filter for removing floc resulting from growth of the activated sludge adsorbing the organic substance; and an anaerobic tank for carrying out a denitrification process for denitrifying treated water flowed through the backwashing cartridge filter using anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria wherein the backwashing cartridge filter allows the sewage discharged from the aerobic tank to pass through the cartridge filter and separates the floc and the treated water using difference in size between the floc contained in the sewage and pores in the cartridge filter, and wherein foreign matter adsorbed on the cartridge filter is easily removed by means of washing water to be injected into
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20180297875
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hwan Chul Cho, Seong Ju Kim, Yang Oh Jin, Chul Woo Lee