Patents by Inventor Jeong Chan Kim

Jeong Chan 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).

  • Publication number: 20150033832
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring outer water quality in a remote place, which is fixedly provided at a specific region having a water source so that a position of a water quality sensor is controlled in a remote place based on a real-time moving picture transmitted from a measurement area and the water quality sensor is inserted into water, thereby measuring water quality, and a method thereof. A horizontal position of a sensor holder is determined by adjusting a horizontal length variable rod in a remote place, a sensing part of at least one water quality sensor provided in the sensor holder is inserted into water by adjusting a first vertical length variable rod and a second vertical length variable rod in the remote place, a measurement value measured from the water quality sensor is transmitted to a terminal in the remote place, and the measurement value is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan KIM, Ki-Sung SUNG, Gi-Tak CHAE
  • Publication number: 20150027696
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of collecting samples and an apparatus thereof. The method of collecting a sample using a multi-packer includes (A) dropping a sample collecting container into a borehole to collect a sample; (B) confirming whether the dropped sample collecting container arrives at a predetermined depth; (C) allowing a first packer surrounding an outer portion of a top end of the sample collecting container and a second packer surrounding an outer portion of a bottom end of the sample collecting container to adhere closely to a wall of the borehole by expanding the first and second packers when the dropped sample collecting container arrives at the predetermined; (D) collecting the sample at an outside of a casing constituting the borehole; (E) separating the first and second packers from each other when the collecting of the sample is completed; and (F) retrieving the sample collecting container filled with the sample from the borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan KIM, Ki-Sung SUNG, Gi-Tak CHAE, Byoung-Woo YUM
  • Patent number: 8936074
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing CO2 with an advanced function of adjusting the pressure and temperature of CO2 for geologic injection includes a manifold including a plurality of branching pipes to receive carbon dioxide for geologic injection from a plurality of storage tanks, a distribution chamber having an inlet communicating with the manifold and an outlet connected to an injection pipe extending to an underground tubular well, so that the carbon dioxide, which has been received through the manifold, is supplied through the injection pipe, a temperature adjusting part to adjust the temperature of the carbon dioxide introduced into the distribution chamber, and a flow rate and hydraulic pressure adjusting part to adjust a flow rate and a hydraulic pressure of the carbon dioxide injected into an underground through the distribution chamber. The temperature and pressure conditions of CO2 on geologic injection are controlled through a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Kigam)
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Kim, Ki-Sung Sung, Jeong-Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150000906
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for sampling water in a borehole and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a water sampling cylinder to sample the water in the borehole; a first camera to monitor the water sampling cylinder and a sample discharging part provided in the borehole; a first motor to insert the water sampling cylinder into the sample discharging part; a vacuum vessel to receive a sample input from the water sampling cylinder; a waterproof member having a hollow serving as a passage through which the water sampling cylinder moves back and forth; and a support unit that urges the waterproof member closely to the sample discharging part to prevent foreign substances from being introduced into the borehole. The first motor includes a plurality of protrusions meshed with a plurality of grooves provided in the water sampling cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan Kim, Ki-Sung Sung, Gi-Tak Chae
  • Patent number: 8772720
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for monitoring unsaturated zone gas and near-surface atmosphere in real time by using an isotope analyzer. The system includes a near-surface atmosphere analyzer including a fixing member, a plurality of near-surface gas inlets, a plurality of gas transfer members communicating with the near-surface gas inlets, an analyzing member including an isotope analyzer, which analyzes an isotope of gas transferred through the gas transfer members, a channel connected to the gas transfer members and the analyzing member to select one gas transfer member and to supply gas transferred through the selected gas transfer member to the analyzing member, and a connection member connecting the channel to the analyzing member, a communication device transmitting components of the isotope output from the isotope analyzer, and a monitoring server outputting the components of the isotope transmitted from the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Gi-Tak Chae, Ki-Sung Sung, Jeong-Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20140069183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of reducing uncertainty, which exactly finds the hydraulic conductivity and the specific storativity of a rock sample in pressure pulse-decay measurement. Axial and confining pressures are applied to the rock sample, and upstream and downstream reservoirs are connected to the rock sample. Coordinate values representing minimum values of a contour of a graph of an objective function, in which the hydraulic conductivity and the specific storativity obtained through the pressure pulse-decay measurement scheme to apply pressure pulses from the outside are expressed in horizontal and vertical axes are found from the graph. The coordinate values are set as the hydraulic conductivity and the specific storativity of the rock sample. Graphs of objective functions obtained by repeating the pressure pulse-decay measurement while changing boundary conditions are shown in overlapped, thereby reducing the uncertainty of the hydraulic conductivity and the specific storativity of the rock sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: In-Sun SONG, Jeong-Chan KIM
  • Publication number: 20130335728
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for monitoring unsaturated zone gas and near-surface atmosphere in real time by using an isotope analyzer. The system includes a near-surface atmosphere analyzer including a fixing member, a plurality of near-surface gas inlets, a plurality of gas transfer members communicating with the near-surface gas inlets, an analyzing member including an isotope analyzer, which analyzes an isotope of gas transferred through the gas transfer members, a channel connected to the gas transfer members and the analyzing member to select one gas transfer member and to supply gas transferred through the selected gas transfer member to the analyzing member, and a connection member connecting the channel to the analyzing member, a communication device transmitting components of the isotope output from the isotope analyzer, and a monitoring server outputting the components of the isotope transmitted from the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Gi-Tak Chae, Ki-Sung Sung, Jeong-Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20130316460
    Abstract: Disclosed is unmanned automatic alkalinity measuring system and method. The system periodically and automatically performs collecting, measuring, and draining the sample of leachat or underground water from various sites regularly requiring the inspection or the measurement in the alkalinity thereof, without a person, thereby improving the convenience and the effectiveness in sample measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan KIM, Ki-Sung SUNG, Gi-Tak CHAE
  • Patent number: 8466799
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in an unsaturated zone of a site in which CO2 should be stored under the ground is provided which includes: a plurality of apparatuses for detecting the concentration of CO2 in the unsaturated zone, each including a cylindrical chamber buried in an unsaturated zone under the earth surface, gas introduction holes formed in the side surface of the chamber, and a CO2 concentration sensor formed through the top of the chamber so as to measure the concentration of CO2 contained in the gas in the chamber; a plurality of communication devices transmitting the CO2 concentration output from the CO2 concentration sensor; and a monitoring server storing a reference CO2 concentration every time zone and comparing the reference CO2 concentration with the measured CO2 concentrations transmitted from the communication devices to output a normal signal or an abnormal signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan Kim, Ki-Sung Sung
  • Patent number: 8340927
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a flow velocity and a flow rate of groundwater leaking from the earth surface includes: a storage tank that is fixed to close a side surface and a top surface of an earth surface region from which the groundwater leaks and that stores the groundwater leaking from the earth surface; a liquid column tube that causes the groundwater stored in the storage tank to introduce thereto and causes a water column to rise; and a pressure-type measuring unit that is formed in a top opening of the liquid column tube and that senses a differential pressure. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and rapidly measure a flow velocity and a flow rate of groundwater leaking from the earth surface by the use of a user's terminal in real time, or by time zones, or on the user's request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Ki-Sung Sung, Jeong-Chan Kim, Kue-Young Kim, Tae-Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20120219361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a geological CO2 storage system that allows geological storage and management of CO2. A geological CO2 storage for storing CO2 stored in a plurality of storage tanks in a predetermined geologic formation, and a CO2 concentration detector disposed in an unsaturated zone located below a ground surface corresponding to the geologic formation where CO2 is stored detects a concentration of CO2 in the unsaturated zone. The geological CO2 storage includes a manifold section for introducing CO2, a distribution chamber communicating with the manifold section and an outlet side connected to an injection pipe extending toward the geologic formation so that the CO2 introduced through the manifold section is supplied to the injection pipe, a temperature regulator for regulating temperature of CO2 introduced into the distribution chamber, and a flux/pressure regulator for regulating a flux and a pressure of the CO2 to be geologically injected through the distribution chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan Kim, Tae-Hee Kim, Ki-Sung Sung
  • Patent number: 8226410
    Abstract: A mount device for a dental implant to place a fixture having an inner hole in an alveolar bone includes a mount screw having a body portion with a first screw portion and a second screw portion, and a head portion having a sectional area larger than that of the body portion, coupled to an upper end portion of the body portion, and detachably coupled to a handpiece through a handpiece connector, and a mount having an inclined surface formed on either an inner wall or an outer wall of the lower end portion for a conical connection to the upper end portion of the fixture, an insertion hole formed inside the mount along a lengthwise direction, and a second inner screw portion formed on an inner wall of the insertion hole and capable of screw coupling to the second screw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Jeong Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120132425
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling a fluid temperature for improving injectivity of a supercritical carbon dioxide into a stratum includes a casing part installed in a well, which is formed from a ground surface to a target stratum for injection, a grouting part formed between the casing part and a counterforted wall of the well, a cover covering an upper portion of the casing part, an injection tube inserted into the casing part through the cover and receiving the carbon dioxide injected into the injection tube, a perforation part serving as a passage allowing the carbon dioxide to flow from the injection tube to the target stratum, a packing part formed between the injection tube and an inner portion of the casing part, a heat coil part surrounding the injection tube, and a temperature adjusting unit controlling a temperature of the heat coil part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Kue-Young Kim, Taehee Kim, Jeong-Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120073799
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing CO2 with an advanced function of adjusting the pressure and temperature of CO2 for geologic injection includes a manifold including a plurality of branching pipes to receive carbon dioxide for geologic injection from a plurality of storage tanks, a distribution chamber having an inlet communicating with the manifold and an outlet connected to an injection pipe extending to an underground tubular well, so that the carbon dioxide, which has been received through the manifold, is supplied through the injection pipe, a temperature adjusting part to adjust the temperature of the carbon dioxide introduced into the distribution chamber, and a flow rate and hydraulic pressure adjusting part to adjust a flow rate and a hydraulic pressure of the carbon dioxide injected into an underground through the distribution chamber. The temperature and pressure conditions of CO2 on geologic injection are controlled through a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute for Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Tae-Hee KIM, Ki-Sung SUNG, Jeong-Chan KIM
  • Publication number: 20110270540
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a flow velocity and a flow rate of groundwater leaking from the earth surface includes: a storage tank that is fixed to close a side surface and a top surface of an earth surface region from which the groundwater leaks and that stores the groundwater leaking from the earth surface; a liquid column tube that causes the groundwater stored in the storage tank to introduce thereto and causes a water column to rise; and a pressure-type measuring unit that is formed in a top opening of the liquid column tube and that senses a differential pressure. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and rapidly measure a flow velocity and a flow rate of groundwater leaking from the earth surface by the use of a user's terminal in real time, or by time zones, or on the user's request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Ki-Sung SUNG, Jeong-Chan KIM, Kue-Young KIM, Tae-Hee KIM
  • Publication number: 20110068940
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a concentration of carbon dioxide in an unsaturated zone of a site in which carbon dioxide should be stored underground is provided which includes: a plurality of apparatuses for detecting the concentration of carbon dioxide in the unsaturated zone, each including a cylindrical chamber buried in an unsaturated zone under the earth surface, gas introduction holes formed in the side surface of the chamber, and a carbon dioxide concentration sensor formed through the top of the chamber for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide contained in the gas in the chamber; a plurality of communication devices transmitting the carbon dioxide concentration from the carbon dioxide concentration sensor; and a monitoring server storing a reference carbon dioxide concentration every time zone and comparing the reference carbon dioxide concentration with the measured carbon dioxide concentrations transmitted from the communication devices to output a normal or abnormal signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan Kim, Ki-Sung Sung
  • Publication number: 20090291413
    Abstract: A mount device for a dental implant to place a fixture having an inner hole in an alveolar bone includes a mount screw having a body portion with a first screw portion and a second screw portion, and a head portion having a sectional area larger than that of the body portion, coupled to an upper end portion of the body portion, and detachably coupled to a handpiece through a handpiece connector, and a mount having an inclined surface formed on either an inner wall or an outer wall of the lower end portion for a conical connection to the upper end portion of the fixture, an insertion hole formed inside the mount along a lengthwise direction, and a second inner screw portion formed on an inner wall of the insertion hole and capable of screw coupling to the second screw portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Jeong Chan Kim