Patents by Inventor Kyoungrean KIM

Kyoungrean 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: 20250058366
    Abstract: A surface layer improvement system for on-site remediation of contaminated sediments includes: a stabilizer spray unit that performs underwater spraying of a stabilizer to a remediation target region; and a disturbing and mixing unit that induces bioturbation by mixing the stabilizer with the contaminated sediments in water. The disclosure performs the remediation of the contaminated sediments by spraying the stabilizer to the remediation target region of a water bottom floor through the stabilizer spray unit and performing on-site incorporation of the stabilizer sprayed through the disturbing and mixing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jae-Woo PARK, Hyun-Kyung KIM, Kyoungrean KIM, Gaeun LEE
  • Patent number: 12077457
    Abstract: A system for remedying deep-sea mine tailings includes a reaction basin in which the solid-liquid ratio of deep-sea mine tailings is adjusted and into which aluminum sulfate is injected as an additive for extraction of heavy metals from the deep-sea mine tailings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Kyoungrean Kim
  • Patent number: 11585793
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a kit and method for testing harmful heavy metals onsite, which can determine the presence or absence of harmful heavy metals and the degree of contamination with harmful heavy metals dissolved in water or contained in sediment, soil, deep-sea mining tailings and the like. The kit includes a receiving member and a diagnostic solution containing a biosurfactant, which is accommodated in the receiving member and undergoes an ion exchange reaction with a liquid including harmful heavy metals or a solid sample from which harmful heavy metals are leached in a liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Kyoungrean Kim, Aleum Lee
  • Publication number: 20210323841
    Abstract: A system for remedying deep-sea mine tailings includes a reaction basin in which the solid-liquid ratio of deep-sea mine tailings is adjusted and into which aluminum sulfate is injected as an additive for extraction of heavy metals from the deep-sea mine tailings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Kyoungrean KIM
  • Publication number: 20200400628
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a kit and method for testing harmful heavy metals onsite, which can determine the presence or absence of harmful heavy metals and the degree of contamination with harmful heavy metals dissolved in water or contained in sediment, soil, deep-sea mining tailings and the like. The kit includes a receiving member and a diagnostic solution containing a biosurfactant, which is accommodated in the receiving member and undergoes an ion exchange reaction with a liquid including harmful heavy metals or a solid sample from which harmful heavy metals are leached in a liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kyoungrean KIM, Aleum LEE