Patents by Inventor Ju-Hyun Yu

Ju-Hyun Yu 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: 10927388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyung Sik Hong, In-Chul Kim, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Patent number: 10704110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for effectively recovering a sugar solution containing glucose and saccharogenic residues after saccharification using an acid or a saccharification enzyme of a wood-based or algae biomass, and a device for implementing the method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method capable of recovering a sugar solution using minimal equipment and water after aggregating fine particles by adding a protein suspension to a suspension of glucose and saccharogenic residues which are produced by saccharifying cellulose by adding an acid or saccharification enzyme to the biomass, while capable of minimizing an amount of saccharide lost in the residues, and a device for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun Yu, In-Yong Eom, Kyung-Sik Hong
  • Patent number: 10597688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing, from wood-based biomass, a high concentration of fermentable sugar which can be effectively used in culturing various industrial fermented bacteria. According to the method of the present invention, biomass can be extracted by hot water prior to a pre-treatment so as to remove extractible substances such as mineral salts to thus minimize the content of impurities in raw materials for an enzymatic saccharification. The biomass from which substances extractible by hot water are removed is pre-treated in the condition where xylan yield rate is maximized, thus achieving maximum inhibition of the generation of over-decomposed products of sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, Seung Hwan Lee, In-Chul Kim, Kyung Sik Hong, In Yong Eom, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20190284648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for effectively recovering a sugar solution containing glucose and saccharogenic residues after saccharification using an acid or a saccharification enzyme of a wood-based or algae biomass, and a device for implementing the method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method capable of recovering a sugar solution using minimal equipment and water after aggregating fine particles by adding a protein suspension to a suspension of glucose and saccharogenic residues which are produced by saccharifying cellulose by adding an acid or saccharification enzyme to the biomass, while capable of minimizing an amount of saccharide lost in the residues, and a device for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun YU, In-Yong EOM, Kyung-Sik HONG
  • Patent number: 10329589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyung Sik Hong, In-Chul Kim, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20190032094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, In Yong EOM, Seung Hwan LEE, Kyung Sik HONG, In Chul KIM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Patent number: 10081823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment method of biomass to maximize sugar yield, which uses a specific additive which can effectively adsorb lignin-derived compounds and various inhibitors of the enzymatic activity to promote saccharification of cellulose catalyzed by cellulose hydrolases, and thus can maximize sugar yield from pretreated biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Kyung Sik Hong, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20180087013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of terminating enzymatic saccharification by the early detection of organic acids produced by contamination by microorganisms contaminated in an enzymatic saccharification process of biomass or biomass pretreatment products; and a reactor therefor. The method of the present invention to maximize the saccharification rate and minimize metabolites secreted by microorganisms contaminated during the enzymatic saccharification of biomass or biomass pretreatment products and the reactor therefor to maximize the saccharification rate by converting the operating conditions of the enzymatic saccharification reactor to strongly inhibit microbial growth by early detection of the production of organic acids produced by contamination with microorganisms during the enzymatic saccharification of biomass and enable the manufacturing of biosugar containing almost no microbial metabolites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun YU, Young-Hoon HO, Gyeong-Tae EOM, In-Yong EOM
  • Publication number: 20160298142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, In Yong EOM, Seung Hwan LEE, Kyung Sik HONG, In Chul KIM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Publication number: 20150353977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing, from wood-based biomass, a high concentration of fermentable sugar which can be effectively used in culturing various industrial fermented bacteria. According to the method of the present invention, biomass can be extracted by hot water prior to a pre-treatment so as to remove extractible substances such as mineral salts to thus minimize the content of impurities in raw materials for an enzymatic saccharification. The biomass from which substances extractible by hot water are removed is pre-treated in the condition where xylan yield rate is maximized, thus achieving maximum inhibition of the generation of over-decomposed products of sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, Seung Hwan LEE, In-Chul KIM, Kyung Sik HONG, In Yong EOM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Publication number: 20130288312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment method of biomass to maximize sugar yield, which uses a specific additive which can effectively adsorb lignin-derived compounds and various inhibitors of the enzymatic activity to promote saccharification of cellulose catalyzed by cellulose hydrolases, and thus can maximize sugar yield from pretreated biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Kyung Sik Hong, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20070112069
    Abstract: Disclosed in this invention is an adjuvant formulation for enhancing the fungicidal efficacy of KNF-1001 or KNF-1002 against plant diseases comprising an adjuvant selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene-based nonionic surfactants which has an aliphatic alcohol, a fatty acid or triacyl glyceride as a lipophilic moiety containing at least 8 carbon atoms and a polyoxyethylene as a hydrophilic moiety having 3 to 25 oxyethylene repeating units, a polyoxyethylene and 25 to 45 oxypropylene repeating units and a mixture thereof, an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and a mixture thereof, and fatty acid alkyl esters having at least 14 carbon atoms. Also disclosed in this invention is a fungicidal composition for enhancing the fungicidal efficacy of KNF-1001 or KNF-1002 against plant diseases, which comprises a selected active compound together with said adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Kwang-Yun Cho, Ju-Hyun Yu, Gyung-Ja Choi, He-Kyoung Lim, Kyoung-Soo Jang, Bum-Tae Kim, Yong YU
  • Patent number: 6740671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fungicidal composition which comprises N-(&agr;-cycno-2-thenyl)-4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-5-thiazolecarboxamide (ethaboxam) and as an adjuvant polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: LG Life Sciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Goo Kang, Seung-Hun Kang, Dal-Soo Kim, Hyun-Cheol Park, Sam-Jae Chun, Sang-Who Lee, Jin-Ho Cho, Kwang-Yun Cho, Ju-Hyun Yu, He-Kyoung Lim
  • Publication number: 20030203949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fungicidal composition which comprises N-(&agr;-cyano-2-thenyl,)4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-5-thiazolecarboxamide(ethaboxam) and as an adjuvant polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Kyung-Goo Kang, Seung-Hun Kang, Dal-Soo Kim, Hyun-Cheol Park, Sam-Jae Chun, Sang-Who Lee, Jing-Ho Cho, Kwang-Yun Cho, Ju-Hyun Yu, He-Kyoung Lim
  • Patent number: 6506601
    Abstract: A composition for measuring the foliar uptake of a pesticide comprising the pesticide and Congo Red as a tracer is disclosed together with a method for measuring the foliar uptake of a pesticide comprising the steps of (a) applying a composition containing the pesticide and Congo Red as a tracer to a plant and a control plate, (b) washing the plant and the control plate with a solvent to extract the pesticide and Congo Red, (c) measuring the concentrations of the pesticide and Congo Red in the wash extracts, and (d) calculating the foliar uptake of the pesticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Kwang-Yun Cho, Ju-Hyun Yu, He-Kyoung Lim, Gyung-Ja Choi, Jeong-Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20010001713
    Abstract: A composition for measuring the foliar uptake of an agrochemical comprising the agrochemical and Congo Red as a tracer; and a method for measuring the foliar uptake of an agrochemical comprising the steps of (a) applying a composition containing the agrochemical and Congo Red to a plant and a control plate, (b) washing the plant and the control plate with a solvent to extract the agrochemical and Congo Red, (c) measuring the concentrations of the agrochemical and Congo Red in the wash extracts, and (d) calculating the foliar uptake of the agrochemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: Kwang-Yun Cho, Ju-Hyun Yu, He-Kyoung Lim, Gyung-Ja Choi, Jeong-Han Kim