04 — Funding & Patents
Research Projects
FIG. 04 — FUNDED PROJECTS · 2018–2029
- 2026ACTIVE
Development of regulatory verification technology for full-lifecycle safety review of light-water SMRs
SMR Regulation Research Foundation - 2025–2028ACTIVE
Synergy for Safe and Sustainable Ocean in Norway and Korea (SONoKo)
UTFORSK, Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse (HK-dir), Norway - 2025–2026ACTIVE
Research on improving the cooling performance of the HiMSEN engine pre-combustion chamber
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries - 2023–2027ACTIVE
Digital-Based Sustainable Energy Process Innovation Convergence Graduate School
KETEP - 2022–2029ACTIVE
Validation of core safety issues in response to strengthened technical criteria and development of technology to improve core safety in multiple-failure accidents
National Research Foundation of Korea - 2025
Development of Thermal Energy Storage
Laboratory-Specialized Startup Leading University, Ministry of Science and ICT - 2025
Basic Research on Electric Vehicle Battery Cooling Using Insulating Fluid Boiling Heat Transfer
Inha University - 2024–2025
Global human-resources training program to secure key design technologies for next-generation SMR safety enhancement
KETEP - 2024
Development of a yard exhaust pipe explosion pressure prediction model
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries - 2023–2025
Development of direct contact latent heat storage system
National Research Foundation of Korea - 2023–2025
Identification of two-phase flow instabilities in a multi-channel system
National Research Foundation of Korea - 2023
Control of wettability and enhancement of phase-change heat transfer by microstructures
ROK-Nordic R&D Cooperation Program, National Research Foundation of Korea - 2018–2021
Improvement of wall boiling model based on boiling experiment with a controlled surface in microscale
National Research Foundation of Korea
04.B — Intellectual Property
Patents7 registered · 11 filed
Passive condensation heat exchanger with hydrophobic surface modification and phase-change material coating
RegisteredKR 10-2974414 · 2026.06Vertical chip-stack cooling using through-silicon vias and pulsating heat pipes
RegisteredKR 10-2931003 · 2026.02Non-destructive integrity diagnosis of metal electrodes in semiconductor packaging
RegisteredKR 10-2916500 · 2026.01Hydrophobic surface modification and phase-change material coating for steam condensation in reactor containment buildings
RegisteredKR 10-2906216 · 2025.12Direct steam generation in sand-battery thermal energy storage via quenching and boiling
RegisteredKR 10-2906225 · 2025.12Battery immersion cooling with gas–liquid flow-path separation boiling
RegisteredKR 10-2855737 · 2025.09Transparent, flexible superhydrophobic surfaces via microstructure replication
RegisteredKR 10-2732292 · 2024.11Natural-convection heating system with mesh–gravel–sand triple structure
FiledKR 10-2026-0053907 · 2026.03Hybrid direct/indirect-contact steam generation system
FiledKR 10-2026-0018690 · 2026.01Energy discharge method for thermal energy storage systems
FiledKR 10-2026-0003727 · 2026.01Passive thermal energy storage and recovery combining a high-temperature store and a low-temperature water bath
FiledKR 10-2025-0121319 · 2025.08Outlet temperature control via piping with differentiated heat-transfer areas
FiledKR 10-2025-0119051 · 2025.08Head-difference-driven vertical modular thermal energy storage
FiledKR 10-2025-0099879 · 2025.07Power-demand smoothing with long-duration thermal energy storage
FiledKR 10-2025-0101254 · 2025.07In-tube condensation length control in water pools for direct-condensation safety
FiledKR 10-2025-0082552 · 2025.06Steam generation inside sand-battery storage with hot-water production via condensation
FiledKR 10-2025-0007879 · 2025.01Metal foam fabrication with vertical pores via 3-D structure pressing
FiledKR 10-2025-0000637 · 2025.01Rock and rock–sand mixture thermal energy storage with direct steam generation via quenching and boiling
FiledKR 10-2025-0000644 · 2025.01