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    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2000-03-28)
      This invention provides a method for thermally converting volatile fatty acid (VFA) salts to ketones by mixing dry calcium salts of VFAs with hot heat transfer agent in an evacuated container, thereby causing thermal ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2002-05-28)
      The invention provides a method for recovering low-boiling acids from a concentrated solution of the calcium salt of the acid by treating the concentrated solution of calcium salts of the low-boiling acids with a high ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2001-07-17)
      This invention provides a method for thermally converting volatile fatty acid (VFA) salts to ketones by mixing dry calcium salts of VFAs with hot heat transfer agent in an evacuated container, thereby causing thermal ...