Patents by Inventor Seong Pil JEONG

Seong Pil JEONG 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: 11780545
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel, and more particularly, to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel capable of, in providing fresh water to a plurality of islands using a vessel equipped with a desalination apparatus and an autonomous navigation vessel, setting an optimal fresh water supply route in consideration of the fresh water retention status of islands, location information of islands, and fresh water requirement amount for each route, and based on this, supplying fresh water to each of the islands, thereby minimizing the operation cost of the vessels and stably providing fresh water to the islands requiring fresh water, and the system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyungjin Cho, Seong Pil Jeong
  • Patent number: 11767437
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a porous polymer actuator which maintains the porous structure of the polymer actuator by forming a conductive polymer layer on a commercially available porous polymer separation membrane by vapor-phase polymerization and is capable of improving fast responsiveness to organic solvents and durability by ensuring structural anisotropy, and a method for fabricating the same. The porous polymer actuator according to the present disclosure includes: a porous polymer separation membrane having pores; and a conductive polymer layer coated on one surface and in the pores of the porous polymer separation membrane, wherein the porous polymer actuator has a gradient wherein the amount of the conductive polymer coated in the pores decreases from the one surface of the porous polymer separation membrane toward the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jee Hye Byun, Seong Pil Jeong
  • Patent number: 11440824
    Abstract: An apparatus for inhibiting formation of calcium based crystal, in which formation of calcium based crystals is inhibited by adding an optimal amount of magnesium to raw water having a high concentration of calcium ions and a high variation in calcium ion concentration and an apparatus for water treatment using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hye-won Kim, Seong Pil Jeong, Seockheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20220154012
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a porous polymer actuator which maintains the porous structure of the polymer actuator by forming a conductive polymer layer on a commercially available porous polymer separation membrane by vapor-phase polymerization and is capable of improving fast responsiveness to organic solvents and durability by ensuring structural anisotropy, and a method for fabricating the same. The porous polymer actuator according to the present disclosure includes: a porous polymer separation membrane having pores; and a conductive polymer layer coated on one surface and in the pores of the porous polymer separation membrane, wherein the porous polymer actuator has a gradient wherein the amount of the conductive polymer coated in the pores decreases from the one surface of the porous polymer separation membrane toward the other surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jee Hye BYUN, Seong Pil JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220033039
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel, and more particularly, to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel capable of, in providing fresh water to a plurality of islands using a vessel equipped with a desalination apparatus and an autonomous navigation vessel, setting an optimal fresh water supply route in consideration of the fresh water retention status of islands, location information of islands, and fresh water requirement amount for each route, and based on this, supplying fresh water to each of the islands, thereby minimizing the operation cost of the vessels and stably providing fresh water to the islands requiring fresh water, and the system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungjin CHO, Seong Pil JEONG
  • Patent number: 11142472
    Abstract: The present invention is an aquifer storage and recovery system using a natural coagulant, in which in purifying raw water through aquifer storage and recovery, assimilable organic carbon (AOC) included in the raw water is effectively removed using a natural coagulant produced in the aquifer storage and recovery process, thereby reducing the time required to purify raw water by aquifer storage and recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil Jeong, Kyungjin Cho, Jae Woo Choi, Seok Won Hong, Seunghak Lee, Eun-Ju Kim, Jae Shik Chung, Hien Thi Nguyen, Youngjae Kim
  • Publication number: 20210300805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for inhibiting formation of calcium based crystal, in which formation of calcium based crystals is inhibited by adding an optimal amount of magnesium to raw water having a high concentration of calcium ions and a high variation in calcium ion concentration and an apparatus for water treatment using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hye-won Kim, Seong Pil Jeong, Seockheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200325043
    Abstract: The present invention is an aquifer storage and recovery system using a natural coagulant, in which in purifying raw water through aquifer storage and recovery, assimilable organic carbon (AOC) included in the raw water is effectively removed using a natural coagulant produced in the aquifer storage and recovery process, thereby reducing the time required to purify raw water by aquifer storage and recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, Kyungjin CHO, Jae Woo CHOI, Seok Won HONG, Seunghak LEE, Eun-Ju KIM, Jae Shik CHUNG, Hien Thi NGUYEN, Youngjae KIM
  • Patent number: 10745306
    Abstract: Provided is an aquifer storage and recovery system, in which microbes extracted from an underground aquifer are involved in an assimilable organic carbon (AOC) removal mechanism and applied to an aerobic reactor, and a predetermined portion of assimilable organic carbon in raw water is removed through the aerobic reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil Jeong, Jae Woo Choi, Kyungjin Cho, Hien Thi Nguyen, Youngjae Kim, Am Jang, Seunghak Lee, Seockheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200207649
    Abstract: Provided is an aquifer storage and recovery system, in which microbes extracted from an underground aquifer are involved in an assimilable organic carbon (AOC) removal mechanism and applied to an aerobic reactor, and a predetermined portion of assimilable organic carbon in raw water is removed through the aerobic reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, Jae Woo CHOI, Kyungjin CHO, Hien Thi NGUYEN, Youngjae KIM, Am JANG, Seunghak LEE, Seockheon LEE
  • Patent number: 10695720
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floating type membrane distillation module for collecting sunlight to heat raw water and supplying the heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane, to ensure effective heating of raw water and supply of the uniformly heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil Jeong, Hyeon-joo Kim, Seockheon Lee, Seunghak Lee
  • Patent number: 10357745
    Abstract: Provided is a membrane distillation system capable of real-time monitoring of membrane wetting, which includes: a raw water storage tank configured to store fluid; a membrane distillation water treatment unit configured to receive raw water stored in the raw water storage tank to generate pure water, the membrane distillation water treatment unit having an inlet water chamber into which an inlet water flows from the raw water storage tank, a membrane for separating the inlet water in the inlet water chamber into a steam and a concentrated water, and a treated water chamber for receiving the steam separated by the membrane and concentrating the steam; and a membrane wetting detection unit to detect a membrane wetting phenomenon and a membrane wetting location of the membrane by measuring a light passing through the membrane in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil Jeong, hye-won Kim, Seockheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20190184340
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floating type membrane distillation module for collecting sunlight to heat raw water and supplying the heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane, to ensure effective heating of raw water and supply of the uniformly heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, Hyeon-joo KIM, Seockheon LEE, Seunghak LEE
  • Publication number: 20170354931
    Abstract: Provided is a membrane distillation system capable of real-time monitoring on membrane scaling, which includes: a raw water storage tank configured to store various kinds of fluid; a membrane distillation water treatment unit configured to receive raw water stored in the raw water storage tank to generate pure water, the membrane distillation water treatment unit having an inlet water chamber into which an inlet water flows from the raw water storage tank, a membrane for separating the inlet water in the inlet water chamber into a steam and a concentrated water, and a treated water chamber for receiving the steam separated by the membrane and concentrating the steam; and a membrane wetting detection unit disposed opposite to the membrane to detect a membrane wetting phenomenon and a membrane wetting location of the membrane by measuring a light passing through the membrane in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, hye-won KIM, Seockheon LEE
  • Publication number: 20150218018
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention relates a wastewater treatment module using a membrane distillation. The wastewater treatment module includes: an inflow-water side including a space for receiving feed water; a treated-water side including a space for receiving treated water, wherein the treated-water side coupled to the inflow-water side; and a separation membrane interposed between the inflow-water side and the treated-water side. The separation membrane has a bent shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seockheon Lee, Seong Pil Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140076809
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for recovery of magnetic nanoparticles, which recovers and reuses magnetic nanoparticles in a forward osmosis membrane filtration process using magnetic nanoparticles as a draw solute so as to maintain a consistent concentration of the draw solution and separate and discharge high-purity fresh water, and apparatus and method for forward osmosis membrane filtration using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seock Heon LEE, Young Beom YU, Kyoung Ja WOO, Seong Pil JEONG, Woo Hyeon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20120180656
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for filtration using osmosis, which induce osmotic pressure and allow separation of pure fluid by using the reduced osmotic pressure as an energy source, and thus carry out filtration without any additional energy supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Pil JEONG, Seock Heon LEE, Young Beom YU