IP Library Granted Patent US 12662425
Granted Patent B2
US 12662425 · App. 18/503,128 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Marine concrete composition using dechlorination microorganism, and construction method of marine concrete structure for the same

Inventors: Kyong-Chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Kwang-Mo Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyung-Taek Koh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Gum-Sung Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sung Yong Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jae-Yoon Kang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Gi-Hong An (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kihyon Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Nam-Kon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Soonku Yoon (Gwangju, KR); Jueng wan Go (Gwangju, KR); Dong ha Lee (Gwangju, KR)
Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY; Four-m Co., Ltd.
C04B24/00C04B14/48C04B18/146C04B40/0675C12N1/20C12N11/14C04B2103/0001C04B2103/302C04B2103/58C04B2111/2038C04B2111/24
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Patent No.
US 12662425
App. No.
18/503,128
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a marine concrete composition using dechlorination microorganisms capable of easily removing chlorine generated by seawater through an electrical method by allowing electrons emitted from electricity-generating microorganisms to flow through steel fibers incorporated into ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRCC) through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier and capable of self-healing concrete crack sites through a self-healing microbial capsule carrier and is also capable of fundamentally solving the problem of reduced durability against salt damage of ultra-high-performance concrete or high-performance fiber reinforced concrete for application in marine construction environments through a dechlorination microbial capsule carrier, and a method for constructing a marine concrete structure using the same.

Claims (16)

1 . A marine concrete composition formed of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), wherein the ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) composition comprises:

100 parts by weight of cement as a binder (B); as a binder, 10 to 30 parts by weight of silica fume; 100 to 140 parts by weight of fine aggregate; 15 to 30 parts by weight of a filler; 15 to 25 parts by weight of mixing water (W) based on 100 parts by weight of the cement; 1 to 3 parts by weight of an expansion material; 1 to 3 parts by weight of a shrinkage reducing agent; and 4 to 7 parts by weight of a water reducing agent, and water, which is the mixing water (W), and the binder (B) are mixed such that a ratio (W/B) is 0.2 or less;

1.5 to 3% of steel fiber is incorporated based on the total volume of the ultra-high-performance concrete; and

0.5 to 2% of self-healing microbial capsules and 1 to 5% of dechlorination microbial capsules based on the total volume of the ultra-high-performance concrete are incorporated, the self-healing microbial capsule is a carrier of spore-forming microorganisms for self-healing, and the dechlorination microbial capsule is a carrier of electricity-generating microorganisms for removing chlorine.

2 . The marine concrete composition of claim 1 , wherein the self-healing microbial capsule self-heals the ultra-high-performance concrete through calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) produced by the spore-forming microorganisms capable of self-healing, and the dechlorination microbial capsule removes chlorine (Cl − ) produced by salt damage through an electrical method that allows electrons (e − ) emitted from the electricity-generating microorganisms to flow through steel fibers incorporated into the ultra-high-performance concrete.

3 . The marine concrete composition of claim 1 , wherein the self-healing microbial capsules have a size of 1 μm to 400 μm, and the dechlorination microbial capsules have a size of 50 μm to 400 μm.

4 . The marine concrete composition of claim 1 , wherein the self-healing microorganism is Bacillus pasteurii or Sporosarcina pasteurii having the ability to degrade urea.

5 . The marine concrete composition of claim 3 , wherein the electricity-generating microorganism is Geobacter.

6 . A marine concrete composition formed of a high-performance fiber reinforced cementitious composite (HPFRCC), wherein the high-performance fiber reinforced cementitious composite (HPFRCC) composition comprises:

100 parts by weight of cement as a binder (B); as a binder, 10 to 30 parts by weight of silica fume; 100 to 140 parts by weight of fine aggregate; 15 to 30 parts by weight of a filler; 22 to 64 parts by weight of mixing water (W); 1 to 3 parts by weight of an expansion material; 1 to 3 parts by weight of a shrinkage reducing agent; and 10 to 30 parts by weight of a water reducing agent, and water, which is the mixing water (W), and the binder (B) are mixed such that a ratio (W/B) is 0.2 to 0.4;

1.5 to 3% of steel fiber is incorporated based on the total volume of the cementitious composite; and

0.5 to 2% of self-healing microbial capsules and 1 to 5% of dechlorination microbial capsules based on the total volume of the cementitious composite are incorporated, the self-healing microbial capsule is a carrier of spore-forming microorganisms for self-healing, and the dechlorination microbial capsule is a carrier of electricity-generating microorganisms for removing chlorine.

7 . The marine concrete composition of claim 6 , wherein the self-healing microbial capsule self-heals the cementitious composite through calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) produced by the spore-forming microorganisms capable of self-healing, and the dechlorination microbial capsule removes chlorine (Cl − ) produced by salt damage through an electrical method that allows electrons (e − ) emitted from the electricity-generating microorganisms to flow through steel fibers incorporated into the cementitious composite.

8 . The marine concrete composition of claim 6 , wherein the self-healing microbial capsules have a size of 1 μm to 400 μm, and the dechlorination microbial capsules have a size of 300 μm to 400 μm.

9 . The marine concrete composition of claim 6 , wherein the self-healing microorganism is Bacillus pasteurii or Sporosarcina pasteurii having the ability to degrade urea.

10 . The marine concrete composition of claim 6 , wherein the electricity-generating microorganism is Geobacter.