Patents by Inventor In-Tae Kim

In-Tae Kim 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: 9711247
    Abstract: A voloxidizer with a double reactor for spent fuel rods decladding of the present invention includes a reactor module into which spent fuel rods are loaded, the reactor module including a reactor having a dual structure; a heater module for heating the reactor module; and a drive module for providing a driving force to the reactor module. A double reactor utilized in a voloxidizer for spent fuel rods decladding includes an internal reactor into which spent fuel rods are loaded; and an external reactor formed on an outer circumferential surface of the internal reactor. Here, a first transport part and a second transport part are formed on inside surfaces of the internal reactor and the external reactor, respectively, and the spent fuel rods are moved by the first transport part and the second transport part and oxidized when the internal reactor and the external reactor are rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Hwan Kim, Jae-Won Lee, Geun-il Park, In-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9418760
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first to third failure information storage units, an input selection unit suitable for alternately storing plural pieces of failure information in the first and second failure information storage units generated whenever each of a plurality of tests is performed on a device under test (DUT), and a storage selection unit suitable for relocating the plural pieces of failure information from the first or second failure information storage unit that was not selected by the input selection unit, to the third failure information storage unit while excluding overlapping failure information from relocating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woo-Sik Jung, Weon-Seon Lee, O-Han Kwon, In-Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20160042821
    Abstract: A voloxidizer with a double reactor for spent fuel rods decladding of the present invention includes a reactor module into which spent fuel rods are loaded, the reactor module including a reactor having a dual structure; a heater module for heating the reactor module; and a drive module for providing a driving force to the reactor module. A double reactor utilized in a voloxidizer for spent fuel rods decladding includes an internal reactor into which spent fuel rods are loaded; and an external reactor formed on an outer circumferential surface of the internal reactor. Here, a first transport part and a second transport part are formed on inside surfaces of the internal reactor and the external reactor, respectively, and the spent fuel rods are moved by the first transport part and the second transport part and oxidized when the internal reactor and the external reactor are rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Young-Hwan Kim, Jae-Won Lee, Geun-il Park, In-Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20150286547
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first to third failure information storage units, an input selection unit suitable for alternately storing plural pieces of failure information in the first and second failure information storage units generated whenever each of a plurality of tests is performed on a device under test (DUT), and a storage selection unit suitable for relocating the plural pieces of failure information from the first or second failure information storage unit that was not selected by the input selection unit, to the third failure information storage unit while excluding overlapping failure information from relocating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Woo-Sik JUNG, Weon-Seon LEE, O-Han KWON, In-Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 9087618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for solidifying radioactive waste accompanying chlorine recycling or radioactive iodine removal. The present invention provide a method and apparatus for treating radioactive waste composed of volatile metal halide with high corrosiveness at a high temperature through a solidifying system including crushing, mixing/dehalogenating and sintering. In the inventive method and apparatus for solidifying radioactive waste, a dechlorination process by using a dehalogenation material is performed on highly corrosive metal salt under an oxidizing atmosphere by using a method of controlling a temperature on the surface of a reactor, and solidification is carried out by removing radioactive iodine while reusing chlorine contained in an exhaust gas. Accordingly, the generated amount of total waste can be reduced, and therefore the inventive method and apparatus can be usefully used in preparing a solidified body with high durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., LTD
    Inventors: Hwan Seo Park, Byung-Gil Ahn, Hwan-Young Kim, In-Tae Kim, Yung-Zun Cho, Hansoo Lee
  • Patent number: 8876022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a droplet discharge apparatus that includes a nozzle for discharging a droplet from a tip thereof, and a discharge unit for injecting a gas toward the tip of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Postech Academy—Industry Foundation
    Inventors: In-Tae Kim, Geunbae Lim, Seong-Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8674162
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a ceramic waste form containing radioactive rare-earth and transuranic oxide, and the ceramic waste form with enhanced density, heat-stability, and leach resistance prepared by the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Gil Ahn, Hwan-Seo Park, Hwan-young Kim, In-Tae Kim, Hansoo Lee
  • Patent number: 8277558
    Abstract: Disclosed are a czochralski apparatus for growing crystals and a purification method of waste salts using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a czochralski apparatus for growing crystals comprising screw thread for fixing salt crystals mounted on a pulling bar of the apparatus in order to prevent desorption of crystals caused by load thereof during a crystal growing process without requiring alternative seed crystals and, in addition, a method for purification of waste salts, which can isolate impurities from molten waste salts using a czochralski crystal growing process without alternative adsorption medium, does not generate secondary wastes and may continuously purify the waste salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyeon Lee, Han-Soo Lee, In-Tae Kim, Yoon-Sang Lee, Eung-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20120165594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for solidifying radioactive waste accompanying chlorine recycling or radioactive iodine removal. The present invention provide a method and apparatus for treating radioactive waste composed of volatile metal halide with high corrosiveness at a high temperature through a solidifying system including crushing, mixing/dehalogenating and sintering. In the inventive method and apparatus for solidifying radioactive waste, a dechlorination process by using a dehalogenation material is performed on highly corrosive metal salt under an oxidizing atmosphere by using a method of controlling a temperature on the surface of a reactor, and solidification is carried out by removing radioactive iodine while reusing chlorine contained in an exhaust gas. Accordingly, the generated amount of total waste can be reduced, and therefore the inventive method and apparatus can be usefully used in preparing a solidified body with high durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: KOREA HYDRO AND NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD, KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hwan Seo PARK, Byung-Gil Ahn, Hwan-Young Kim, In-Tae Kim, Yung-Zun Cho, Hansoo Lee
  • Patent number: 7875760
    Abstract: A reuse apparatus of eutectic salt waste produced in an electro refining process and a method thereof is a technology that in order to collect the eutectic salt of the eutectic salt waste, oxidizes/precipitates nuclides (rare earth and TRU) within the eutectic salt waste, an oxygen dispersing method is used to perform a layer separation into the eutectic salt layer and the precipitate layer. Then, the precipitate layer and eutectic salt layer are separated and collected, so that the eutectic salt layer is directly reused and the eutectic salt within the precipitates is reused by separating and collecting it using distillation/condensation processes. The reuse apparatus of the eutectic salt waste and a method thereof thereby increases the collecting efficiency of the eutectic salt and allows the compositions of the collected eutectic salt to have the same compositions as the eutectic salt used in the electro refining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Zun Cho, Hee-Chul Yang, Hee-Chul Eun, In-Tae Kim, Han-Soo Lee, Hwan-Seo Park
  • Publication number: 20100317911
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a ceramic waste form containing radioactive rare-earth and transuranic oxide, and the ceramic waste form with enhanced density, heat-stability, and leach resistance prepared by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Gil Ahn, Hwan-Seo Park, Hwan-Young Kim, In-Tae Kim, Hansoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20100071408
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of recycling LiCl salt wastes comprising radionuclides and an apparatus using the same. The method includes a) solidifying a LiCl salt contained in the LiCl salt wastes and contacting the outer wall of a housing, by charging a crystallizer comprising the housing having an internal accommodating space and an air cooler in the internal accommodating space into a crystallizing furnace accommodating the LiCl salt wastes comprising the radionuclides, and by cooling the housing to a temperature of two-phase region where the liquid state and the solid state of the LiCl salt waste coexist, b) separating the crystallizer where the LiCl salt is solidified from the crystallizing furnace, c) recycling the LiCl salt by heating the separated crystallizer to melt the solidified LiCl salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Zun Cho, In-Tae Kim, Han-Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20090256002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a droplet discharge apparatus that includes a nozzle for discharging a droplet from a tip thereof, and a discharge unit for injecting a gas toward the tip of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: In-Tae Kim, Geunbae Lim, Seong-Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20090139444
    Abstract: Disclosed are a czochralski apparatus for growing crystals and a purification method of waste salts using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a czochralski apparatus for growing crystals comprising screw thread for fixing salt crystals mounted on a pulling bar of the apparatus in order to prevent desorption of crystals caused by load thereof during a crystal growing process without requiring alternative seed crystals and, in addition, a method for purification of waste salts, which can isolate impurities from molten waste salts using a czochralski crystal growing process without alternative adsorption medium, does not generate secondary wastes and may continuously purify the waste salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Jong-Hyeon Lee, Han-Soo Lee, In-Tae Kim, Yoon-Sang Lee, Eung-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20090005628
    Abstract: A reuse apparatus of eutectic salt waste produced in an electro refining process and a method thereof is a technology that in order to collect the eutectic salt of the eutectic salt waste, oxidizes/precipitates nuclides (rare earth and TRU) within the eutectic salt waste, an oxygen dispersing method is used to perform a layer separation into the eutectic salt layer and the precipitate layer. Then, the precipitate layer and eutectic salt layer are separated and collected, so that the eutectic salt layer is directly reused and the eutectic salt within the precipitates is reused by separating and collecting it using distillation/condensation processes. The reuse apparatus of the eutectic salt waste and a method thereof thereby increases the collecting efficiency of the eutectic salt and allows the compositions of the collected eutectic salt to have the same compositions as the eutectic salt used in the electro refining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yung-Zun Cho, Hee-Chul Yang, Hee-Chul Eun, In-Tae Kim, Han-Soo Lee, Hwan-Seo Park
  • Patent number: 6191934
    Abstract: High dielectric constant capacitors are made from a dielectric ink of lead-magnesium-niobate and lead oxide powders. Dielectric inks are made by mixing the dielectric powders with a suitable organic vehicle which can be used to coat one or more glass-based green tapes. Buried capacitors are made by coating an overlying and an underlying green tape with a conductor such as silver. Capacitors can also be made by adjusting the organic vehicle and forming a green tape from the dielectric powders. These dielectric green tapes each can be coated with a conductive layer and stacked, the conductive layers connected in parallel. The resultant multilayer capacitors have a very high dielectric constant, while eliminating the need for very large area capacitors, as compared to single layer capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignees: Sarnoff Corporation & Co., Ltd., Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael James Liberatore, Attiganal Narayanaswamy Sreeram, Ashok Narayan Prabhu, In-Tae Kim, Je-Do Mun, Sung-Dae Park, Yun-Hwi Park, Joo-Dong Yu, Ellen S. Tormey
  • Patent number: 6160469
    Abstract: Large value embedded inductors are made by screen printing an inductor coil onto one or more ferrite tapes, and covering the ferrite tapes with one or more ferrite tape layer or layers. Low firing temperature green tapes surround the ferrite layer or layers. These green tapes can be expansion matched to gallium arsenide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignees: Sarnoff Corporation, Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael James Liberatore, Leszek Hozer, Je-Do Mun, In-Tae Kim, Yun-Hwi Park, Hyun-Gyu Kang, Sung-Dae Park