Patents by Inventor Kyung Jun KANG
Kyung Jun KANG 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).
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Publication number: 20240140368Abstract: Provided are a vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method thereof. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid on at least one sensor arranged in a vehicle, an air sprayer configured to spray air on the at least one sensor, a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying of the liquid sprayer, and an air controller configured to control air spraying of the air sprayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: DY AUTO Corporation, DY-ESSYS Corp.Inventors: Jong Wook Lee, Sin Won Kang, Seong Jun Kim, Kyung Seon Min, Gyu Seon Lee, Jong Hyun Jin, Min Wook Park, Je Min Mun, Sun Ju Kim, Ki Chan Lee
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Publication number: 20240127977Abstract: An apparatus for eliminating residual heat of a nuclear reactor for vehicle mounting include: a reactor vessel in which molten salt flows; and a reactor cooler for cooling the reactor vessel. The reactor cooler includes: a first cooling unit including a heat medium that exchanges heat with the reactor vessel, and one or more heat dissipation pipes providing passages through which water coolant flows; and a second cooling unit configured to receive the water coolant discharged from the first cooling unit and cool the water coolant through an external fluid. The second cooling unit is configured such that the cooled water coolant flows into the first cooling unit in a normal position and in an abnormal position inclined to be perpendicular to the normal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteInventors: Kyung Jun KANG, Sang Ji KIM
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Publication number: 20230212637Abstract: The present invention relates to: a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure; and a use thereof. More particularly, it was confirmed that polyethylene microspheres (PS) in a mouse animal model orally administered with the PS penetrate brain tissue to change the level of metabolites inside the brain tissue and the diversity of intestinal microorganisms, thereby causing brain disease, and thus the present invention is intended to provide a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure, and a method for predicting the prognosis of brain disease using same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCESInventors: Jin Su KIM, Hyeongi KIM, Javeria ZAHEER, Yong Jin LEE, Kyung Jun KANG, In Ok KO
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Patent number: 10811147Abstract: The present invention provides a passive residual heat removal system and an atomic power plant comprising the same, the passive heat removal system comprising: a plate-type heat exchanger for causing heat exchange between a primary system fluid or a secondary system fluid which, in order to remove sensible heat from an atomic reactor cooling material system and residual heat from a reactor core, has received the sensible heat and the residual heat, and a cooling fluid which has been introduced from outside of a containment unit; and circulation piping for connecting the atomic reactor cooling material system to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the primary system fluid, or connecting a steam generator, which is arranged at the boundary between the primary and secondary systems, to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the secondary system fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In Kim, Keung Koo Kim, Jae Joo Ha, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Young Min Bae, Soo Jai Shin, Hun Sik Han, Kyung Jun Kang, Tae Wan Kim
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Patent number: 10762995Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stopped cooling system including: a steam line connecting portion connected to a steam line so as to receive cooling water through the steam line connected to an outlet of a steam generator; a stopped cooling heat exchanger for receiving cooling water that enters the stopped cooling system through the steam line connecting portion, and discharging same through a passage of the heat exchanger; a stopped cooling pump activated to perform stopped cooling of the nuclear reactor upon normal stoppage of the nuclear reactor after primary cooling of the nuclear reactor cooling system or when an accident occurs, and for forming a circulating flow of cooling water that circulates between the steam generator and the stopped cooling heat exchanger; and a water supplying pipe connecting portion connected to the heat exchanger passage and a water supplying pipe, which is connected to the inlet of the steam generator, so as to supply the cooling water cooled in the stopped cooling heat exchType: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In Kim, Keung Koo Kim, Jae Joo Ha, Tae Wan Kim, Hun Sik Han, Kyung Jun Kang
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Patent number: 10706974Abstract: The present invention discloses a passive cooling system of a containment building, to which a plate-type heat exchanger is applied. A passive cooling system of a containment building comprises: a containment building; a plate-type heat exchanger provided to at least one of the inside and the outside of the containment building and comprising channels respectively provided to the both sides of a plate so as to be arranged dividedly from each other such that the plate-type heat exchanger carries out mutual heat exchange between the internal atmosphere of the containment building and a heat exchange fluid while maintaining a pressure boundary; and a pipe connected to the plate-type heat exchanger by penetrating the containment building so as to form the path of the internal atmosphere of the containment building or the heat exchange fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In Kim, Cheon Tae Park, Seung Yeob Ryu, Young Min Bae, Joo Hyung Moon, Soo Jai Shin, Hun Sik Han, Kyung Jun Kang, Young Soo Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Keung Koo Kim, Jae Joo Ha
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Patent number: 10325688Abstract: The present invention relates to a passive heat removal system which circulates cooling fluid to a steam generator via a main water supply line connected to the lower inlet of the steam generator, and a main steam pipe connected to the top outlet of the steam generator, to remove sensible heat of a nuclear reactor coolant system and residual heat of a core. The heat removal system comprises supplementary equipment for receiving surplus cooling fluid or for supplying supplementary cooling fluid in order to maintain the flow rate of the cooling fluid within a predetermined range. The supplementary equipment comprises: a supplementary tank, installed at a height between the lower inlet and the top outlet of the steam generator; a first connection pipe, connected to the main steam pipe and the supplementary tank; and a second connection pipe, connected to the supplementary tank and the main water supply pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In Kim, Keung Koo Kim, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Jae Joo Ha, Tae Wan Kim, Cheon Tae Park, Seung Yeob Ryu, Han Ok Kang, Young Min Bae, Joo Hyung Moon, Hun Sik Han, Kyung Jun Kang, Soo Jai Shin, Seo Yoon Jung, Young Soo Kim
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Patent number: 10115488Abstract: The present invention provides passive safety equipment, comprising: a cooling part formed to cool a first fluid, which is emitted from a reactor coolant system or a steam generator, and a second fluid in a housing; and a circulation induction sprayer which is formed to spray the first fluid emitted from the reactor coolant system or the steam generator into the cooling part, has at least part thereof open to the inside of the housing such that the second fluid flows thereinto according to a drop in pressure caused by the spraying of the first fluid, and sprays the second fluid with the inflown first fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hun Sik Han, Young In Kim, Kyung Jun Kang, Sung Jae Yi, Keung Koo Kim, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Jae Joo Ha, Suhn Choi, Cheon Tae Park, Seung Yeob Ryu, Joo Hyung Moon
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Publication number: 20180308592Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stopped cooling system including: a steam line connecting portion connected to a steam line so as to receive cooling water through the steam line connected to an outlet of a steam generator; a stopped cooling heat exchanger for receiving cooling water that enters the stopped cooling system through the steam line connecting portion, and discharging same through a passage of the heat exchanger; a stopped cooling pump activated to perform stopped cooling of the nuclear reactor upon normal stoppage of the nuclear reactor after primary cooling of the nuclear reactor cooling system or when an accident occurs, and for forming a circulating flow of cooling water that circulates between the steam generator and the stopped cooling heat exchanger; and a water supplying pipe connecting portion connected to the heat exchanger passage and a water supplying pipe, which is connected to the inlet of the steam generator, so as to supply the cooling water cooled in the stopped cooling heat exchType: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In KIM, Keung Koo KIM, Jae Joo HA, Tae Wan KIM, Hun Sik HAN, Kyung Jun KANG
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Patent number: 10062462Abstract: The present invention provides a facility for reducing radioactive material comprising: a cooling water storage unit installed inside a containment and formed to store cooling water; a boundary unit forming a boundary of radioactive material inside the containment and surrounding a reactor coolant system installed inside the containment to prevent a radioactive material from releasing from the reactor coolant system or a pipe connected with the reactor coolant system to the containment; a connecting pipe connected with an inner space of the boundary unit and the cooling water storage unit to guide a flow of a fluid caused by a pressure difference between the boundary unit and the cooling water storage unit from the boundary unit to the cooling water storage unit; and a sparging unit disposed to be submerged in the cooling water stored in the cooling water storage unit and connected with the connecting pipe to sparge the fluid that has passed through the connecting pipe and the radioactive material contained iType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In Kim, Kyung Jun Kang, Keung Koo Kim, Hun Sik Han, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Jae Joo Ha, Dae Hyun Hwang, Suhn Choi, Joo Hyung Moon, Soo Jai Shin
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Publication number: 20170148533Abstract: The present invention relates to a passive heat removal system which circulates cooling fluid via a main water supply line, connected to the lower inlet of a steam generator, and a main steam pipe, connected to the top outlet of the steam generator, to the steam generator, in order to remove sensible heat of a reactor coolant system and residual heat of a core, the passive heat removal system comprising: supplementary equipment for receiving surplus cooling fluid or supplying supplementary cooling fluid in order to maintain the flow rate of the cooling fluid within a predetermined range, wherein the supplementary equipment comprises: a supplementary tank, installed at a predetermined height between the lower inlet and the top outlet of the steam generator, for receiving the surplus cooling fluid or supplying the supplementary cooling fluid, passively, depending on the flow rate of the cooling fluid; a first connection pipe, connected to the main steam pipe and the supplementary tank, for forming a flow path tType: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In KIM, Keung Koo KIM, Ju Hyeon YOON, Jae Joo HA, Tae Wan KIM, Cheon Tae PARK, Seung Yeob RYU, Han Ok KANG, Young Min BAE, Joo Hyung MOON, Hun Sik HAN, Kyung Jun KANG, Soo Jai SHIN, Seo Yoon JUNG, Young Soo KIM
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Publication number: 20170004892Abstract: The present invention discloses a passive cooling system of a containment building, to which a plate-type heat exchanger is applied. A passive cooling system of a containment building comprises: a containment building; a plate-type heat exchanger provided to at least one of the inside and the outside of the containment building and comprising channels respectively provided to the both sides of a plate so as to be arranged dividedly from each other such that the plate-type heat exchanger carries out mutual heat exchange between the internal atmosphere of the containment building and a heat exchange fluid while maintaining a pressure boundary; and a pipe connected to the plate-type heat exchanger by penetrating the containment building so as to form the path of the internal atmosphere of the containment building or the heat exchange fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In KIM, Cheon Tae PARK, Seung Yeob RYU, Young Min BAE, Joo Hyung MOON, Soo Jai SHIN, Hun Sik HAN, Kyung Jun KANG, Young Soo KIM, Tae Wan KIM, Ju Hyeon YOON, Keung Koo KIM, Jae Joo HA
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Publication number: 20160322121Abstract: The present invention provides a passive residual heat removal system and an atomic power plant comprising the same, the passive heat removal system comprising: a plate-type heat exchanger for causing heat exchange between a primary system fluid or a secondary system fluid which, in order to remove sensible heat from an atomic reactor cooling material system and residual heat from a reactor core, has received the sensible heat and the residual heat, and a cooling fluid which has been introduced from outside of a containment unit; and circulation piping for connecting the atomic reactor cooling material system to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the primary system fluid, or connecting a steam generator, which is arranged at the boundary between the primary and secondary systems, to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the secondary system fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young In KIM, Keung Koo KIM, Jae Joo HA, Ju Hyeon YOON, Young Min BAE, Soo Jai SHIN, Hun Sik HAN, Kyung Jun KANG, Tae Wan KIM
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Publication number: 20160247585Abstract: The present invention provides passive safety equipment, comprising: a cooling part formed to cool a first fluid, which is emitted from a reactor coolant system or a steam generator, and a second fluid in a housing; and a circulation induction sprayer which is formed to spray the first fluid emitted from the reactor coolant system or the steam generator into the cooling part, has at least part thereof open to the inside of the housing such that the second fluid flows thereinto according to a drop in pressure caused by the spraying of the first fluid, and sprays the second fluid with the inflown first fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hun Sik HAN, Young In KIM, Kyung Jun KANG, Sung Jae YI, Keung Koo KIM, Ju Hyeon YUN, Jae Joo HA, Suhn CHOI, Cheon Tae PARK, Seung Yeob RYU, Joo Hyung MOON
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Publication number: 20150221403Abstract: The present invention provides a facility for reducing radioactive material comprising: a cooling water storage unit installed inside a containment and formed to store cooling water; a boundary unit forming a boundary of radioactive material inside the containment and surrounding a reactor coolant system installed inside the containment to prevent a radioactive material from releasing from the reactor coolant system or a pipe connected with the reactor coolant system to the containment; a connecting pipe connected with an inner space of the boundary unit and the cooling water storage unit to guide a flow of a fluid caused by a pressure difference between the boundary unit and the cooling water storage unit from the boundary unit to the cooling water storage unit; and a sparging unit disposed to be submerged in the cooling water stored in the cooling water storage unit and connected with the connecting pipe to sparge the fluid that has passed through the connecting pipe and the radioactive material contained iType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Young In KIM, Kyung Jun KANG, Keung Koo KIM, Hun Sik HAN, Ju Hyeon YOON, Jae Joo HA, Dae Hyun HWANG, Suhn CHOI, Joo Hyung MOON, Soo Jai SHIN