Patents by Inventor Jae Don Choi

Jae Don 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: 9761333
    Abstract: A passive auxiliary condensing apparatus of a nuclear power plant includes a steam generation unit configured to heat a water supplied thereto into a steam by a heat produced when operating a nuclear reactor, a water cooled heat exchange unit connected to the steam generation unit and configured to store a cooling water therein to condense the steam provided from the steam generation unit, and a steam-water separation tank including a first side connected to the water cooled heat exchange unit and a second side connected to the steam generation unit, wherein a mixture of a water and a steam provided from the water cooled heat exchange unit is separated into the water and the steam to provide only the water to the steam generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Sang Jung Park, Jae Don Choi, Jong Jin Kim, Seok Hee Ryu, Jung Won Sun, Ja Young Kim, Kyung Min Yoon, Geun Tae Park, Seoung Eun Chun
  • Patent number: 9640286
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a spent fuel pool having a heat exchanger includes a cooling water pool positioned above the spent fuel pool; a floating device configured to be elevated according to a water level of a cooling water in the spent fuel pool; and an emergency cooling water supply pipe configured to form a path through which the cooling water of the cooling water pool is moved to the spent fuel pool and configured to include a floating valve that opens or closes a flow passage of the cooling water in connection with the elevation of the floating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Geol Woo Lee, Young Baek Kim, Jae Don Choi, Jae Il Lee, Sung Ju Cho, Jung Seon An, Dong Kyu Lee, Hye Jin Kim, Dong Uk Choi
  • Patent number: 8957781
    Abstract: A real time monitoring system of a spent fuel pool includes a detection unit configured to detect condition information using a sensor installed in the spent fuel pool; an input storage unit configured to receive and store configuration information of a spent fuel, history information related to burnup, and a normal value and a limit value of current condition information; an operation and determination unit configured to calculate the current condition information of the spent fuel by using the condition information detected by the detection unit and the configuration information and the history information stored in the input storage unit and configured to determine a risk level by comparing the current condition information with the limit value corresponding to the risk level; and a display unit configured to display the current condition information calculated by the operation and determination unit and configured to display the determined risk level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Jae Don Choi, Young Baek Kim, Tae Je Kwon, Hae Chan Lee, Young Ho Park, Jae Il Lee, Jung Seon An, Seoung Eun Chun, Song Kee Sung
  • Publication number: 20130108004
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a spent fuel pool having a heat exchanger includes a cooling water pool positioned above the spent fuel pool; a floating device configured to be elevated according to a water level of a cooling water in the spent fuel pool; and an emergency cooling water supply pipe configured to form a path through which the cooling water of the cooling water pool is moved to the spent fuel pool and configured to include a floating valve that opens or closes a flow passage of the cooling water in connection with the elevation of the floating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR RUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Geol Woo Lee, Young Baek Kim, Jae Don Choi, Jae Il Lee, Sung Ju Cho, Jung Seon An, Dong Kyu Lee, Hye Jin Kim, Dong Uk Choi
  • Publication number: 20130064341
    Abstract: A passive auxiliary condensing apparatus of a nuclear power plant includes a steam generation unit configured to heat a water supplied thereto into a steam by a heat produced when operating a nuclear reactor, a water cooled heat exchange unit connected to the steam generation unit and configured to store a cooling water therein to condense the steam provided from the steam generation unit, and a steam-water separation tank including a first side connected to the water cooled heat exchange unit and a second side connected to the steam generation unit, wherein a mixture of a water and a steam provided from the water cooled heat exchange unit is separated into the water and the steam to provide only the water to the steam generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong LEE, Sang Jung Park, Jae Don CHOI, Jong Jin KIM, Seok Hee RYU, Jung Won SUN, Ja Young KIM, Kyung Min YOON, Geun Tae PARK, Seoung Eun CHUN
  • Publication number: 20130063269
    Abstract: A real time monitoring system of a spent fuel pool includes a detection unit configured to detect condition information using a sensor installed in the spent fuel pool; an input storage unit configured to receive and store configuration information of a spent fuel, history information related to burnup, and a normal value and a limit value of current condition information; an operation and determination unit configured to calculate the current condition information of the spent fuel by using the condition information detected by the detection unit and the configuration information and the history information stored in the input storage unit and configured to determine a risk level by comparing the current condition information with the limit value corresponding to the risk level; and a display unit configured to display the current condition information calculated by the operation and determination unit and configured to display the determined risk level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong LEE, Jae Don Choi, Young Baek Kim, Tae Je Kwon, Hae Chan Lee, Young Ho Park, Jae II Lee, Jung Seon An, Seoung Eun Chun, Song Kee Sung