Patents by Inventor Yong Seung Kim

Yong Seung 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: 8367885
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing a multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst by changing the pH of a coprecipitation solution upon coprecipitation and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst. The multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst, coprecipitated using a solution having an adjusted pH, the preparation method thereof, and the method of preparing 1,3-butadiene through oxidative dehydrogenation using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane as a reactant are provided. The C4 raffinate, containing many impurities, is directly used as a reactant without an additional process for separating n-butane or extracting n-butene, thus obtaining 1,3-butadiene at high yield. The activity of the multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst can be simply increased through precise pH adjustment upon coprecipitation, which is not disclosed in the conventional techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd, SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Seong Jun Lee, Tae Jin Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, Yong Seung Kim, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8293961
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalytic cracking process for the production of light olefins from a hydrocarbon feedstock using fast fluidization, which is a preferred process for more efficiently increasing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons. According to this invention, a fast fluidization regime is applied to a fluidized bed catalytic cracking process of producing light olefins using zeolite, such that a volume fraction and distribution of the catalyst sufficient to induce the catalytic cracking reaction can be provided, thus effectively enhancing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons, in particular, ethylene and propylene, at high selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Suk Joon Kim, Ji Min Kim, Hong Chan Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, Tae-Jin Kim, Dae Hyun Choo
  • Patent number: 8222472
    Abstract: A method of producing 1,3-butadiene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene using a continuous-flow dual-bed reactor designed such that two kinds of catalysts charged in a fixed-bed reactor are not physically mixed. More particularly, a method of producing 1,3-butadiene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane as reactants and using a continuous-flow dual-bed reactor in which a multi-component bismuth molybdate catalyst and a zinc ferrite catalyst having different reaction activity in the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of n-butene isomers (1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Yong Tak Kwon, Tae Jin Kim, Seong Jun Lee, Yong Seung Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20110288354
    Abstract: This invention relates to a petroleum refining method for producing high value-added clean petroleum products and aromatics (Benzene/Toluene/Xylene) together, by which low pollution petroleum products including liquefied petroleum gas or low-sulfur gas oil and aromatics can be efficiently produced together from a fluid catalytic cracked oil fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Joong Kim, Jae Wook Ryu, Kyeong Hak Seong, Byoung Mu Chang, Byeung Soo Lim, Jong Hyung Lee, Kyung Seok Noh, Hyuck Jae Lee, Sam Ryong Park, Sun Choi, Seung Hoon Oh, Yong Seung Kim, Gyung Rok Kim
  • Patent number: 7939702
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for increasing production of light olefinic hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon feedstock by catalytic cracking. In the process, an effective separation process structure and recycle method of light olefins are used not only to increase the productivity and efficiency of an overall process, thus effectively increasing the production of light olefins, but also to simplify the overall process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SK Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Suk Joon Kim, Il Mo Yang
  • Publication number: 20110004041
    Abstract: A method of producing 1,3-butadiene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene using a continuous-flow dual-bed reactor designed such that two kinds of catalysts charged in a fixed-bed reactor are not physically mixed. More particularly, a method of producing 1,3-butadiene by the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane as reactants and using a continuous-flow dual-bed reactor in which a multi-component bismuth molybdate catalyst and a zinc ferrite catalyst having different reaction activity in the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of n-butene isomers (1-butene, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: SK ENERGY CO., LTD., SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Yong Tak Kwon, Tae Jin Kim, Seong Jun Lee, Yong Seung Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20100280300
    Abstract: A method of producing a mixed manganese ferrite catalyst, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the mixed manganese ferrite catalyst. Specifically, a method of producing a mixed manganese ferrite catalyst through a coprecipitation method which is performed at a temperature of 10˜40° C., and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the mixed manganese ferrite catalyst through an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, in which a C4 mixture containing n-butene, n-butane and other impurities is directly used as reactants without performing additional n-butane separation process or n-butene extraction. 1,3-butadiene can be prepared directly using a C4 mixture including n-butane at a high concentration as a reactant through an oxidative hydrogenation reaction without performing an additional n-butane separation process, and 1,3-butadiene, having high activity, can be also obtained in high yield for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SK ENERGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Yong Tak Kwon, Tae Jin Kim, Seong Jun Lee, Min Su Ko, Seung Hoon Oh, Yong Seung Kim, In Kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20100249482
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of four metal components and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst, and particularly, to multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalysts composed of a divalent cationic metal, a trivalent cationic metal, bismuth and molybdenum, a preparation method thereof, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene from a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane using oxidative dehydrogenation. According to this invention, it is possible to prepare catalysts having high activity for the preparation process of 1,3-butadiene only using four metal components as shown through systematic investigation of types and ratios of metal components, unlike conventional multicomponent metal oxide catalysts having a complicated composition of metal components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Tac Jin Kim, Seong Jun Lee, Yong Seung Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, In Kyu Song, Hee soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20100137664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recovering 1,3-butadiene from a C4 stream containing butane, isobutane, 2-butene, 1-butene, isobutene, butadiene and acetylene. The process of recovering highly pure 1,3-butadiene includes acetylene conversion for selectively converting acetylene through liquid-phase hydrogenation, so that the acetylene content is decreased to 70 wt ppm or less, and 1,3-butadiene extraction using an extractive distillation column, a pre-separator, a solvent stripping column, a solvent recovery column, and a purification column. Through the acetylene conversion, the concentration of vinylacetylene is decreased to 70 wt ppm or less, after which 1,3-butadiene is recovered using only one extractive distillation column, thereby considerably decreasing the degree of utility and the loss of streams in the course of extraction. The number of units necessary for the process is decreased, thus remarkably reducing the time during which impurities can accumulate in a processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Hee Du Lee, Kyung Jong Oh, Min Su Ko, Min Gyoo Park, Seong Jun Lee, Yoon Jae Yim, Seung Hoon Oh, Tae Jin Kim, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Hong Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20100125161
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing a multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst by changing the pH of a coprecipitation solution upon coprecipitation and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the catalyst. The multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst, coprecipitated using a solution having an adjusted pH, the preparation method thereof, and the method of preparing 1,3-butadiene through oxidative dehydrogenation using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane as a reactant are provided. The C4 raffinate, containing many impurities, is directly used as a reactant without an additional process for separating n-butane or extracting n-butene, thus obtaining 1,3-butadiene at high yield. The activity of the multicomponent bismuth molybdate catalyst can be simply increased through precise pH adjustment upon coprecipitation, which is not disclosed in the conventional techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Seong Jun Lee, Tae Jin Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, Yong Seung Kim, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ho Won Lee
  • Patent number: 7718840
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing light olefins from hydrocarbon feedstock. The process is characterized in that a porous molecular sieve catalyst consisting of a product obtained by evaporating water from a raw material mixture comprising a molecular sieve with a framework of Si—OH—Al— groups, a water-insoluble metal salt, and a phosphate compound, is used to produce light olefins, particularly ethylene and propylene, from hydrocarbon, while maintaining excellent selectivity to light olefins. According to the process, by the use of a specific catalyst with hydrothermal stability, light olefins can be selectively produced in high yield with high selectivity from hydrocarbon feedstock, particularly full-range naphtha. In particular, the process can maintain higher cracking activity than the reaction temperature required in the prior thermal cracking process for the production of light olefins, and thus, can produce light olefins with high selectivity and conversion from hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: SK Energy Co., Ltd., Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Suk Joon Kim, Il Mo Yang, Hee Young Kim, Yong Ki Park, Chul Wee Lee, Won Choon Choi, Kwang An Ko, Na Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20100121123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zinc ferrite catalyst, a method of producing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a zinc ferrite catalyst which is produced in a pH-adjusted solution using a coprecipitation method, a method of producing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same, in which the 1,3-butadiene can be prepared directly using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane through an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction. The present invention is advantageous in that 1,3-butadiene can be obtained at a high yield directly using a C4 fraction without performing an additional process for separating n-butene, as a reactant, from a C4 fraction containing impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Young Min Chung, Seong Jun Lee, Tae Jin Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, Yong Seung Kim, In Kyu Song, Hee Soo Kim, Ji Chul Jung, Ho Won Lee
  • Patent number: 7488700
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hydrothermally stable porous molecular sieve catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst consists of a product obtained by the evaporation of water from a raw material mixture comprising a molecular sieve having a framework of Si—OH—Al—, a water-insoluble metal salt and a phosphate compound. The catalyst maintains its physical and chemical stabilities even in an atmosphere of high temperature and humidity. Accordingly, the catalyst shows excellent catalytic activity even when it is used in a severe process environment of high temperature and humidity in heterogeneous catalytic reactions, such as various oxidation/reduction reactions, including catalytic cracking reactions, isomerization reactions, alkylation reactions and esterification reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignees: SK Energy Co., Ltd., Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Suk Joon Kim, Il Mo Yang, Hee Young Kim, Yong Ki Park, Chul Wee Lee, Won Choon Choi, Kwang An Ko, Na Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20090012339
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalytic cracking process for the production of light olefins from a hydrocarbon feedstock using fast fluidization, which is a preferred process for more efficiently increasing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons. According to this invention, a fast fluidization regime is applied to a fluidized bed catalytic cracking process of producing light olefins using zeolite, such that a volume fraction and distribution of the catalyst sufficient to induce the catalytic cracking reaction can be provided, thus effectively enhancing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons, in particular, ethylene and propylene, at high selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SK ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Deuk Soo Park, Suk Joon Kim, Ji Min Kim, Hong Chan Kim, Seung Hoon Oh, Tae Jin Kim, Dae Hyun Choo
  • Patent number: 7304195
    Abstract: A process for increasing the production of benzene from a hydrocarbon mixture. A process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon mixture and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon mixture, and a solvent extraction process for separating and recovering polar hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon mixture containing polar hydrocarbons (that is, aromatic hydrocarbons) and nonpolar hydrocarbons (that is, non-aromatic hydrocarbons) are integrated, thereby it is possible to increase the production of benzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Seung Hoon Oh, Kyoung Hak Sung, Jong Hyung Lee, Sin Choel Kang, Yong Seung Kim, Byeung Soo Lim, Byoung Mu Chang
  • Patent number: 7301063
    Abstract: A process for increasing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feedstock. A process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon mixture and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon mixture, and a process for producing a hydrocarbon feedstock which is capable of being used as a feedstock in the former process, that is to say, a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) process, a catalytic reforming process, and/or a pyrolysis process, are integrated, thereby it is possible to increase the production of C2-C4 light olefin hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Seung Hoon Oh, Kyoung Hak Sung, Jong Hyung Lee, Sin Choel Kang, Yong Seung Kim, Byeung Soo Lim, Ahn Seop Choi, Byoung Mu Chang
  • Patent number: 7297831
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of preparing aromatic hydrocarbons and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon mixture, in which a non-aromatic compound in the hydrocarbon feedstock mixture is converted into a gaseous material having a large amount of LPG through hydrocracking, and an aromatic compound therein is converted into an oil component having large amounts of benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) through dealkylation and transalkylation, in the presence of a catalyst obtained by supporting platinum/bismuth onto a mixture support having zeolite and an inorganic binder. The gaseous product is separated into LPG and a mixture of methane and ethane depending on differences in boiling point through distillation, while the liquid product is separated into benzene, toluene, xylene, and C9+ aromatic compounds depending on differences in boiling point through distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Hyung Lee, Seung Hoon Oh, Kyoung Hak Sung, Sun Choi, Yong Seung Kim, Byeung Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 6635792
    Abstract: Disclosed are a process for producing aromatic hydrocarbon compounds and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon feedstock having boiling points of 30-250° C. and a catalyst useful therefor. In the presence of said catalyst, aromatic components in the hydrocarbon feedstock are converted to BTX-enriched components of liquid phase through hydrodealkylation and/or transalkylation, and non-aromatic components are converted to LPG-enriched gaseous materials through hydrocracking. The products of liquid phase may be separated as benzene, toluene, xylene, and C9 or higher aromatic compounds, respectively according to their different boiling points, while LPG is separated from the gaseous products, in a distillation tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Seung-Hoon Oh, Yong-Seung Kim, Beung-Soo Lim, Kyeong-Hak Seong
  • Publication number: 20020092797
    Abstract: Disclosed are a process for producing aromatic hydrocarbon compounds and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon feedstock having boiling points of 30-250° C. and a catalyst useful therefor. In the presence of said catalyst, aromatic components in the hydrocarbon feedstock are converted to BTX-enriched components of liquid phase through hydrodealkylation and/or transalkylation, and non-aromatic components are converted to LPG-enriched gaseous materials through hydrocracking. The products of liquid phase may be separated as benzene, toluene, xylene, and C9 or higher aromatic compounds, respectively according to their different boiling points, while LPG is separated from the gaseous products, in a distillation tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Sun Choi, Seung-Hoon Oh, Yong-Seung Kim, Beung-Soo Lim, Kyeong-Hak Seong