Korea Institute of Energy Research

Korea Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.

Jin-Seok Lee

Bo-Yun Jang

Joon-Soo Kim

Jin-Sun Kim

Nam-Gyu Park

Kyu-Tae Kim

Jung-Min Suh

Seong-Ki Lee

Young-Hwan Kim

Jeong-gu Yeo

Kyong-Bo Eom

Joon-Kyoo Park

Dong-Geun Ha

Kyoung-Joo Kim

Kyeong-Lak Jeon

Young-soo Ahn

Kyong-bo Eom

Ungyu Paik

Joon-kyoo Park

Shin-Ho Lee

Il-Kyu Kim

Yeon-Gil Jung

SeungCheol Yang

Joon-hyung Choi

Kang-Hoon Kim

Sung-Kew Park

The present disclosure provides a method of producing high purity SiOx nanoparticles with excellent volatility and an apparatus for producing the same, which enables mass production of SiOx nanoparticles by melting silicon through induction heating and injecting gas to a surface of the molten silicon. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a graphite crucible into which raw silicon is charged, the graphite crucible being mounted inside the vacuum chamber, an induction melting part which forms molten silicon by induction heating of the silicon material received in the graphite crucible, a gas injector which injects a gas into the graphite crucible to be brought into direct contact with a surface of the molten silicon, and a collector disposed above the graphite crucible and collecting SiOx vapor produced by reaction between the molten silicon and the injected gas.

Method of producing high purity SiOx nanoparticles with excellent volatility and apparatus for producing the same

Disclosed is an injection mold. The injection mold includes a mold set having n molds (n is a natural number of &#x2265;2) defining a cavity for injection molding a green body, and at least one ejector provided on at least one of the n molds to separate an injection-molded part from the mold set. The ejector is provided with a first heater capable of heating the mold set to a first temperature.

Ejector capable of being preheated, injection mold having the ejector, and method of manufacturing molded part using the injection mold

There is disclosed that a MOx nanostructure manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof can not only supply a reaction gas more effectively to the surface of a molten metal with ease by injecting a carrier gas to the surface of the molten metal above a graphite crucible as well as bringing the reaction gas in the lower side of the graphite crucible, but also maximize volatilization rates through an inflow of the reaction gas from the lower portion toward the upper of the graphite crucible.

Manufacturing apparatus of high purity MOx nanostructure and method of manufacturing the same

Disclosed herein are a SiOx nanoparticle manufacturing apparatus that can not only manufacture a SiOx nanoparticle in large quantities but also prevent a silicon melt residue from being stuck and solidified on an inner bottom surface of a crucible by designing a sliding type tapping structure, and a SiOx nanoparticle manufacturing method using the same.

SiOx nanoparticle manufacturing apparatus including crucible for silicon melting having sliding type tapping structure and manufacturing method of SiOx nanoparticle using the same

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a porous ceramic body, which includes: (S1) mixing silica powders having a particle size of 0.045&#x2dc;0.5 mm, zircon flour and wax, thus preparing a ceramic mixture; (S2) placing the ceramic mixture into a mold, thus producing a green body; and (S3) sintering the green body at high temperature, thus obtaining a porous ceramic body, wherein the silica having a particle size of 0.1&#x2dc;0.5 mm is contained in an amount of 50&#x2dc;80 wt % based on the total weight of the porous ceramic body; and also which produces a bulk porous ceramic body having good strength and leaching properties with excellent dimensional stability and shape stability.

Method of manufacturing porous ceramic body and composition for porous ceramic body

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a single crystal silicon ingot having a dual crucible for silicon melting which can be reused due to a dual crucible structure. The apparatus includes a dual crucible for silicon melting, into which raw silicon is charged, a crucible heater heating the dual crucible to melt the raw silicon into molten silicon, a crucible drive unit controlling rotation and elevation of the dual crucible, and a pull-up drive unit disposed above the dual crucible and pulling up a seed crystal dipped in the molten silicon to produce a silicon ingot. The dual crucible has a container shape open at an upper side thereof, and includes a graphite crucible having an inclined surface connecting an inner bottom and an inner wall, and a quartz crucible inserted into the graphite crucible and receiving the raw silicon charged into the dual crucible.

Apparatus for manufacturing single crystal silicon ingot having reusable dual crucible for silicon melting

Disclosed is an apparatus for preparing silicon nanoparticles. The apparatus includes a corona discharge section charging silicon nanoparticles to exhibit unipolarity in order to prevent agglomeration of the silicon nanoparticles after the silicon nanoparticles are generated from an injected gas by plasma reaction of an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) coil. The apparatus may facilitate grain size control of silicon nanoparticles while improving discharge performance of a mesh filter for collection of generated nanoparticles by preventing agglomeration of the silicon nanoparticles generated by plasma reaction using inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and may permit replacement of the mesh filter even during operation of the apparatus, thereby improving productivity while reducing manufacturing costs.

Apparatus for preparing silicon nanoparticle using ICP

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate for solar cells using continuous casting, which can improve quality, productivity and energy conversion efficiency of the silicon substrate. The apparatus includes a crucible unit configured to receive raw silicon and having a discharge port, a heating unit provided to an outer wall and an external bottom surface of the crucible unit and heating the crucible unit to form molten silicon, a casting unit casting the molten silicon into a silicon substrate, a cooling unit rapidly cooling the silicon substrate, and a transfer unit disposed at one end of the cooling unit and transferring the silicon substrate. The casting unit includes a casting unit body having a casting space defined therein to be horizontally connected to the discharge port, and an assistant heating mechanism that preheats the casting unit body to control a solidification temperature of the silicon substrate.

Apparatus for manufacturing silicon substrate for solar cell using continuous casting and having contacting solidification and stress relieving regions

Disclosed is a spacer grid assembly with mixing vanes supporting fuel rods of nuclear fuel assemblies and mixing coolant that flows around the fuel rods, and more particularly, a spacer grid equipped with mixing vanes that mix coolant flowing around fuel rods. The spacer grid with hydraulically balanced mixing vane patterns, in the spacer grid equipped with a strip dividing a plurality of unit grid cells and a plurality of springs, protruded in uniform directions of vertical and horizontal directions on a grid surface of the strip and supporting nuclear fuel rods, which includes: a plurality of mixing vanes protruded to the downstream of coolant on an upper end of the inner grid surface, wherein positions and directions of the mixing vanes are formed in regular patterns on the spacer grid. Thus, it can minimize coolant flow induced vibration of the spacer grid by balancing hydraulic load generated by the mixing vanes, around the center of the spacer grids.

Nuclear fuel grid assembly with hydraulically balanced mixing vane pattern

The present invention relates to a top nozzle for a nuclear fuel assembly that has a two-stage elastic section such that a pushing force against the axial movement of the nuclear fuel assembly under normal conditions is optimized and at the same time a suppressing force against a drastic uplifting force of the nuclear fuel assembly under transient conditions is strengthened, and that lowers the elastic coefficients of the springs operating under normal conditions more than those of existing coil springs, thereby providing an optimal pushing force against the nuclear fuel assembly.

Top nozzle for nuclear fuel assembly

Disclosed are a bottom spacer grid with a louver on a spring that can filter debris flowed through a channel of a lower end fitting with coolant on the lower end fitting of a nuclear fuel assembly, and can prevent uplift of fuel rods due to coolant, simultaneously. The bottom spacer grid for debris filtering with the louver for preventing uplift of the fuel rods, in the spacer grid equipped with a strip dividing a plurality of unit grid cells and a plurality of springs, protruded in uniform directions of each of vertical and horizontal directions on a grid surface of the strip, having uniform elasticity and supporting a lower end cap of a nuclear fuel rod, which includes: a spring having a plane portion with a predetermined size to contact to an outer circumference of the bottom end cap of the nuclear fuel rod; a louver protruded downward the spacer grid at a predetermined angle from the plane portion of the spring; and a debris filtering member bent and protruded to the bottom of the grid surface of the spacer grid.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Jin-Seok Lee