Patents by Inventor Joon Chae Lee

Joon Chae Lee 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: 20240003496
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discharging lubricant oil from a BOG reliquefaction system configured to reliquefy BOG by compressing the BOG by a compressor, cooling the compressed BOG through heat exchange with non-compressed BOG by a heat exchanger, and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled through heat exchange by a pressure reducer. In the lubricant oil discharge method, the compressor comprises at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and it is determined that it is time to discharge condensed or solidified lubricant oil, if at least one of preset conditions is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI, Won Jae CHOI, Sung Kak LYU, Jae Hyeoung JANG
  • Patent number: 11724781
    Abstract: A BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a combination of a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of a cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a fourth temperature sensor disposed downstream of a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, combination of a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a third temperature sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, or combination of a first pressure sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a second pressure sensor disposed downstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Dong Kyu Choi, Hyun Jun Shin
  • Patent number: 11724789
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships. The BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships includes: 1) compressing BOG; 2) cooling the BOG compressed in Step 1) through heat exchange between the compressed BOG and a refrigerant using a heat exchanger; 3) expanding the BOG cooled in Step 2); and 4) stably maintaining reliquefaction performance regardless of change in flow rate of the BOG compressed in Step 1) and supplied to the heat exchanger to be used as a reliquefaction target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Won Jung, Dong Eok Kang, Joon Chae Lee, Dong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11473730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a BOG reliquefaction system. The BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG discharged from a storage tank as a refrigerant; a bypass line through which the BOG is supplied to the compressor after bypassing the heat exchanger; a second valve disposed on a second supply line through which the BOG used as the refrigerant in the heat exchanger is supplied to the compressor, the second valve regulating a flow rate of fluid and opening/closing of the second supply line; and a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger, wherein the compressor includes at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and the bypass line is joined to the second supply line downstream of the second valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Dong Kyu Choi, Won Jae Choi, Hyun Jun Shin
  • Patent number: 11242123
    Abstract: A system for reliquefying a boil off gas generated in a storage tank includes a first compressor compressing a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid a’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second compressor compressing another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid b’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second expanding unit expanding a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid c’) of a flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, a heat-exchanger cooling another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid d’) of the flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, and a first expanding unit expanding the fluid d cooled by the heat-exchanger, wherein the heat-exchanger heat-exchanges the fluid d with the fluid c as a coolant expanded by the second expanding unit to cool the fluid d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Su Kyung An, Joon Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20210148513
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discharging lubricant oil from a BOG reliquefaction system configured to reliquefy BOG by compressing the BOG by a compressor, cooling the compressed BOG through heat exchange with non-compressed BOG by a heat exchanger, and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled through heat exchange by a pressure reducer. In the lubricant oil discharge method, the compressor comprises at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and it is determined that it is time to discharge condensed or solidified lubricant oil, if at least one of preset conditions is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI, Won Jae CHOI, Sung Kak LYU, Jae Hyeoung JANG
  • Publication number: 20210148514
    Abstract: Disclosed is a BOG reliquefaction system. The BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG discharged from a storage tank as a refrigerant; a bypass line through which the BOG is supplied to the compressor after bypassing the heat exchanger; a second valve disposed on a second supply line through which the BOG used as the refrigerant in the heat exchanger is supplied to the compressor, the second valve regulating a flow rate of fluid and opening/closing of the second supply line; and a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger, wherein the compressor includes at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and the bypass line is joined to the second supply line downstream of the second valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI, Won Jae CHOI, Hyun Jun SHIN
  • Patent number: 10889361
    Abstract: A ship comprising an engine is disclosed. The ship comprising an engine comprises: a self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a multi-stage compressor which compresses, in multi-stages, boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank; a first decompressing device which expands one portion of boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor; and a second decompressing device which expands the other portion of the boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor, wherein the self-heat exchanger uses boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank and boil-off gas expanded by the first decompressing device as refrigerants for cooling boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Won Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 10858077
    Abstract: A vessel includes a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging compressed boil-off gas (hereinafter, referred to as “first fluid”) by using, as a refrigerant, the boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank, to cool the same; a main compression part for compressing a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a rest compression part provided in parallel to the main compression part so as to compress the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; and a decompression device for expanding the first fluid having been cooled by exchanging heat with the boil-off gas, which is discharged from the storage tank, in the heat exchanger. The first fluid is a flow in which the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part and the boil-off gas compressed by the rest compression part join; or the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Nam Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200239109
    Abstract: A BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a combination of a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of a cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a fourth temperature sensor disposed downstream of a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, combination of a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a third temperature sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, or combination of a first pressure sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a second pressure sensor disposed downstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI, Hyun Jun SHIN
  • Patent number: 10661873
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant, to cool the boil-off gas; a compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compresses a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; an extra compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid which is cooled by the boil-off gas heat exchanger; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which is sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Su Kyung An, Hyun Min Jang, Jae Wook Son, Joon Chae Lee
  • Patent number: 10661874
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger which is installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant to cool the boil-off gas; a compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compresses a part of the boil-off gas from the storage tank; an extra compressor which is installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the boil-off gas from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which is sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Su Kyung An, Hyun Min Jang, Jae Wook Son, Joon Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20200156741
    Abstract: Disclosed is a boil-off gas reliquefaction system for vessels. The BOG reliquefaction system for vessels includes: a multistage compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the multistage compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the multistage compressor as a refrigerant; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and decompressing a fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a bypass line through which BOG is supplied to the multistage compressor after bypassing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200079485
    Abstract: A system for reliquefying a boil off gas generated in a storage tank includes a first compressor compressing a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid a’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second compressor compressing another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid b’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second expanding unit expanding a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid c’) of a flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, a heat-exchanger cooling another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid d’) of the flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, and a first expanding unit expanding the fluid d cooled by the heat-exchanger, wherein the heat-exchanger heat-exchanges the fluid d with the fluid c as a coolant expanded by the second expanding unit to cool the fluid d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Joon Chae LEE
  • Patent number: 10518859
    Abstract: In a BOG treatment system, boil-off gas (BOG) discharged from a storage tank is compressed, most of the BOG is used as the fuel of vessel engines, and a remaining part of the BOG is liquefied by cold energy of BOG newly discharged from the storage tank and is returned to the storage tank, thereby efficiently utilizing the BOG. The BOG treatment system for a vessel includes a compressor compressing the BOG discharged from the storage tank; a medium pressure gas engine receiving at least a part of the BOG compressed by the compressor, as fuel; a heat exchanger exchanging heat between the remaining part of the BOG, which is not supplied to the medium pressure gas engine as fuel, and the BOG, which is discharged from the storage tank and is not compressed; and an expander decompressing the remaining part of the BOG cooled by the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Seung Kyo Jung, Je Heon Jung
  • Publication number: 20190351988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships. The BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships includes: 1) compressing BOG; 2) cooling the BOG compressed in Step 1) through heat exchange between the compressed BOG and a refrigerant using a heat exchanger; 3) expanding the BOG cooled in Step 2); and 4) stably maintaining reliquefaction performance regardless of change in flow rate of the BOG compressed in Step 1) and supplied to the heat exchanger to be used as a reliquefaction target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hae Won JUNG, Dong Eok KANG, Joon Chae LEE, Dong Kyu CHOI
  • Patent number: 10399655
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger which heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by means of a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant; a compressor installed on the downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compressing a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; first and second extra compressors provided in parallel with the compressor on the downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compressing the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid cooled by means of the boil-off gas heat exchanger; a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which has been sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger and cooled by means of the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sending the expanded second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Su Kyung An, Hyun Min Jang, Jae Wook Son, Joon Chae Lee
  • Patent number: 10392093
    Abstract: A ship comprises an engine; a first self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a multi-stage compressor which compresses, in multi-stages, the boil-off gas that passed through the first self-heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank; a first decompressing device which expands one portion of the boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor; a second self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges the other portion of the boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor, with the boil-off gas expanded by the first decompressing device; and a second decompressing device which expands the boil-off gas pre-cooled by the second self-heat exchanger and cooled by the first self-heat exchanger, wherein the first self-heat exchanger uses the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant for cooling the boil-off gas that passed through the second self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Chae Lee, Hae Won Jung
  • Patent number: 10364013
    Abstract: A ship including a storage tank for storing a liquefied gas includes: a boil-off gas (BOG) heat exchanger installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed BOG (“a first fluid”) by a BOG discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant, to cool the BOG; a compressor installed on a downstream of the BOG heat exchanger and compresses a part of the BOG discharged from the storage tank; an extra compressor installed on a downstream of the BOG heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the BOG discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid cooled by the BOG heat exchanger; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun Shin, Dong Kyu Choi, Young Sik Moon, Su Kyung An, Hyun Min Jang, Jae Wook Son, Joon Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20180327056
    Abstract: A vessel includes a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging compressed boil-off gas (hereinafter, referred to as “first fluid”) by using, as a refrigerant, the boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank, to cool the same; a main compression part for compressing a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a rest compression part provided in parallel to the main compression part so as to compress the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; and a decompression device for expanding the first fluid having been cooled by exchanging heat with the boil-off gas, which is discharged from the storage tank, in the heat exchanger. The first fluid is a flow in which the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part and the boil-off gas compressed by the rest compression part join; or the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Nam Soo KIM