Patents by Inventor Pyung Soon KIM

Pyung Soon 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).

  • Patent number: 12372205
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage-compression system has a hydrogen storage-compression apparatus and a thermal management system. The apparatus includes a casing and a plurality of storage-compression units mounted within an internal chamber of the casing. Each storage-compression unit includes a container and a metal hydride for hydrogen storage-compression contained within the container. The storage-compression containers are interconnected by a hydrogen gas circuit flow system to a hydrogen inlet and outlet for connection to a hydrogen consumer and a hydrogen source. The thermal management system includes a thermal liquid circuit system and a heat exchanger system. The circuit system includes a closed loop thermal liquid flow circuit, a thermal liquid flowing within the flow circuit, and a pump for pumping the thermal liquid in the flow circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, GRZ TECNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Jihye Park, Pyung Soon Kim, Hanjin Kim, Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Ji-Hoon Jang, Ernst Adler, Akhil Penmathsa, Rui Li, Tai Sun, Daniel Brem, Bhargav Patel, Noris Gallandat, Konstantinos Bardis
  • Publication number: 20250236517
    Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction device includes a chemical hydride storage unit including a chemical hydride storage tank, a reaction unit including an acid aqueous solution storage tank, and a dehydrogenation reactor configured to generate hydrogen by reacting a chemical hydride with an acid aqueous solution, and a hydrogen storage unit including a hydrogen storage tank configured to store the hydrogen produced in the dehydrogenation reactor. The dehydrogenation reactor includes a body portion made of a metal and a reinforcement portion surrounding the outer surface of the body portion and including fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Jihui Seo, Hanjin Kim, Narae Yoon, Jihye Park
  • Publication number: 20250197212
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus includes a first separation device that separates hydrogen from a first steel by-product gas and discharges a first mixed gas containing carbon monoxide and methane, a reforming device that generates the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide from the first mixed gas by using a reforming reaction, a heat supply device that generates heat energy using a second steel by-product gas as a combustion material and provides the heat energy to the reforming device, and a second separation device that individually separates the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide generated by the reforming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ha Eun Jeong, Young Gul Hur, Pyung Soon Kim, Kyung Soo Park, Ji Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250197210
    Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus includes a first separation device that separates hydrogen from a steel by-product gas and discharges a first mixed gas containing carbon monoxide and methane, a pre-reforming device that receives the first mixed gas and a first water vapor, converts hydrocarbon into methane, and discharges a second mixed gas containing the methane, a mixed reforming device that receives the second mixed gas and a second water vapor and discharges a third mixed gas containing the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide, and a second separation device that individually separates the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide from the third mixed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ha Eun Jeong, Young Gul Hur, Pyung Soon Kim, Kyung Soo Park, Ji Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250167267
    Abstract: A hybrid system for generating hydrogen according to an embodiment may include: a compressed hydrogen supply system configured to store compressed hydrogen gas supplied from an external hydrogen charging station, and selectively supply the hydrogen gas to a fuel cell; and a solid hydrogen supply system configured to generate the hydrogen gas by a chemical reaction of a chemical hydride, and selectively supplying generated hydrogen gas to the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jaeyong Lee, Ji-Hoon Jang, Jihui Seo, Hanjin Kim, Pyung Soon Kim, Jihye Park
  • Publication number: 20250100878
    Abstract: A method of regenerating sodium borohydride includes: pretreating reactants including sodium tetraborate hydrate (Na2B4O7·xH2O, 0<x?10), a metal salt, and a reducing agent; and reacting the pretreated reactants by a ball-milling method, wherein the metal salt includes NaHCO2, KHCO2, LiHCO2, NaHCO3, Na2CO3, NaOH, KHCO3, K2CO3, LiHCO3, Li2CO3, Na2O2, NaH, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Jihye Park, Ji-Hoon Jang, Pyung Soon Kim, Hanjin Kim, Hyangsoo Jeong, Hyuntae Sohn, Jaewon Kirk, Yoondo Kim, Yongmin Kim, Suk Woo Nam
  • Publication number: 20250066192
    Abstract: A catalyst structure for preparing synthetic gas includes a substrate including flow paths partitioned by partition walls, and catalytic material disposed on the surface of the partition walls of the substrate and including a metal oxide carrier and metal active particles supported on the metal oxide carrier, wherein the substrate includes silicon carbide (SIC), silicon nitride (Si3N4), a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon carbide (SIC) composite, a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon nitride (Si3N4) composite, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haeun Jeong, Ji-Hoon Jang, Kyung Soo Park, Pyung Soon Kim, Young Gul Hur
  • Publication number: 20250052374
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage-compression system has a hydrogen storage-compression apparatus and a thermal management system. The apparatus includes a casing and a plurality of storage-compression units mounted within an internal chamber of the casing. Each storage-compression unit includes a container and a metal hydride for hydrogen storage-compression contained within the container. The storage-compression containers are interconnected by a hydrogen gas circuit flow system to a hydrogen inlet and outlet for connection to a hydrogen consumer and a hydrogen source. The thermal management system includes a thermal liquid circuit system and a heat exchanger system. The circuit system includes a closed loop thermal liquid flow circuit, a thermal liquid flowing within the flow circuit, and a pump for pumping the thermal liquid in the flow circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, GRZ TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Jihye Park, Pyung Soon Kim, Hanjin Kim, Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Ji-Hoon Jang, Ernst Adler, Akhil Penmathsa, Rui Li, Tai Sun, Daniel Brem, Bhargav Patel, Noris Gallandat, Konstantinos Bardis
  • Patent number: 12202726
    Abstract: An operating method is disclosed for a dehydrogenation reaction system. The method includes providing a system having: an acid aqueous solution tank including an acid aqueous solution; a dehydrogenation reactor including a chemical hydride of a solid state and receiving an acid aqueous solution from the acid aqueous solution tank to react the chemical hydride with the acid aqueous solution to generate hydrogen; and a fuel cell stack receiving hydrogen generated from the dehydrogenation reactor to be reacted with oxygen to generate water and simultaneously to generate electrical energy. The method also includes recycling the water generated from the fuel cell stack to one or all of the acid aqueous solution tank, the dehydrogenation reactor, and a separate water tank. The acid is formic acid and, in in the dehydrogenation reactor, the temperature is in a range of 10° C. to 400° C. and the pressure is in a range of 1 bar to 100 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: HUYNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Jihui Seo, Suk Woo Nam, Young Suk Jo, Hyangsoo Jeong, Jaewon Kirk, Chang Won Yoon, Yongmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20240351873
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes a desulfurization unit configured to remove a sulfur component from hydrocarbon gas. The system has a pre-reforming unit configured to convert hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms into methane (CH4) by reacting the hydrocarbon gas with water (H2O) vapor. The system has a mixed reforming unit configured to produce hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) by performing a mixed reforming reaction between the reaction product of the pre-reforming unit and carbon dioxide (CO2). The system has a separation unit for separating hydrogen (H2) and CO from the reaction product of the mixed reforming unit. The system has a first heat exchange unit configured to generate water vapor supplied to the pre-reforming unit using the heat of the reaction product of the mixed reforming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haeun Jeong, Young Gul Hur, Pyung Soon Kim, Kyung Soo Park, Jiyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11952345
    Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing bipyridine that includes performing a dimerization reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound, a pyridine-based compound, or a mixture thereof in the presence of a catalyst in which an active metal is supported on a composite metal oxide support including silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Ji Hoon Park, Soo Min Kim, Jeong Jae Lee, Kwanyong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240076182
    Abstract: An operating method is disclosed for a dehydrogenation reaction system. The method includes providing a system having: an acid aqueous solution tank including an acid aqueous solution; a dehydrogenation reactor including a chemical hydride of a solid state and receiving an acid aqueous solution from the acid aqueous solution tank to react the chemical hydride with the acid aqueous solution to generate hydrogen; and a fuel cell stack receiving hydrogen generated from the dehydrogenation reactor to be reacted with oxygen to generate water and simultaneously to generate electrical energy. The method also includes recycling the water generated from the fuel cell stack to one or all of the acid aqueous solution tank, the dehydrogenation reactor, and a separate water tank. The acid is formic acid and, in in the dehydrogenation reactor, the temperature is in a range of 10° C. to 400° C. and the pressure is in a range of 1 bar to 100 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Jihui Seo, Suk Woo Nam, Young Suk Jo, Hyangsoo Jeong, Jaewon Kirk, Chang Won Yoon, Yongmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20240059558
    Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus includes: an aqueous add solution tank that stores an aqueous acid solution; a dehydrogenation reactor that stores a chemical hydride and selectively receives the aqueous acid solution stored in the aqueous add solution tank; and a heat control device. The heat control device is disposed inside or outside the dehydrogenation reactor and controls an internal temperature of the dehydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jaeyong Lee, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Jihui Seo, Pyung Soon Kim, Yoondo Kim, Jaewon Kirk, Suk Woo Nam, Hyuntae Sohn, Yongmin Kim, Hyangsoo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240055635
    Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction device is disclosed. The device includes a chemical hydride storage unit including a chemical hydride storage tank, a reaction unit including an acid aqueous solution storage tank, and a dehydrogenation reactor for generating hydrogen by reacting a chemical hydride with an acid aqueous solution. The device further includes a hydrogen storage unit including a hydrogen storage tank for storing the hydrogen produced in the dehydrogenation reactor, and a recovery unit for recovering the product produced in the dehydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jaeyong Lee, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Jihui Seo, Pyung Soon Kim, Yoondo Kim, Jaewon Kirk, Suk Woo Nam, Hyuntae Sohn, Yongmin Kim, Hyangsoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11826737
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a high-performance zeolite catalyst for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions, and more particularly a technique for preparing a zeolite catalyst, suitable for use in effectively removing nitrogen oxide (NOx), among exhaust gases emitted from vehicle internal combustion engines through selective catalytic reduction (SCR), thereby exhibiting high efficiency, high chemical stability and high thermal durability upon SCR using the prepared catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Heesung Catalysts Corporation
    Inventors: Pyung Soon Kim, Young Jin Kim, Chang Hwan Kim, Seung Chul Na, Seung Ho Oh, Young San Yoo, Ho Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 11826750
    Abstract: A dehydrogenation reaction apparatus includes a dehydrogenation reactor having a reaction vessel that stores a chemical hydride; and a methane generator that converts carbon monoxide generated in the dehydrogenation reactor into methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yongwoo Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Yoondo Kim, Yu-Jin Lee, Jaewon Kirk, Suk Woo Nam, Hyuntae Sohn, Yongmin Kim, Hyangsoo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230348266
    Abstract: A dehydrogenation method is provided that includes subjecting a first hydrogen storage body including compound including two or more N-heterocycloalkyl groups, and second hydrogen storage body including a compound including a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group and an N-heterocycloalkyl group, to a dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to produce hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Soo Min Kim, Kwanyong Jeong, Jeong Jae Lee, Ji Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 11780729
    Abstract: A hydrogen generating method includes generating hydrogen by dehydrogenation-reacting a chemical hydride of a solid state with an acid aqueous solution. The dehydrogenation-reaction is performed by reacting 1 mol of hydrogen atoms of the chemical hydride with an acid and water at a molar ratio of 0.5 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Jihui Seo, Hyuntae Sohn, Yu-Jin Lee, Hyangsoo Jeong, Yoondo Kim, Chang Won Yoon, Yongmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20230295090
    Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing bipyridine that includes performing a dimerization reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound, a pyridine-based compound, or a mixture thereof in the presence of a catalyst in which an active metal is supported on a composite metal oxide support including silica (SiO2) and alumina (AI2O3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Ji Hoon Park, Soo Min Kim, Jeong Jae Lee, Kwanyong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230294981
    Abstract: A low-temperature dehydrogenation method includes a dehydrogenation reaction of a reactant including a piperidine-based compound substituted with one or more alkyl groups. The dehydrogenation reaction takes place in the presence of a catalyst including an active metal. The active metal includes platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), or a mixture thereof that is supported on a carrier including a composite metal oxide having alumina (Al2O3) and an additional metal oxide different from alumina, at a low temperature of 150° C. to 250° C., to produce hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jihui Seo, Jaeyong Lee, Pyung Soon Kim, Jin Woo Choung, Yongwoo Kim, Ji Hoon Park, Soo Min Kim, Jeong Jae Lee, Kwanyong Jeong