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    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Madison, Maxine Jones; Ramirez, Rocio Sierra; Deimund, Mark A.; Falls, Matthew; Dunkleman, John J. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2014-07-01)
      Methods and apparatus for treating biomass that may include introducing a biomass to a chamber; exposing the biomass in the chamber to a shock event to produce a shocked biomass; and transferring the shocked biomass from ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard R.; Nagwani, Murlidhar (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1997-12-02)
      Lignocellulose-containing materials are treated with lime (calcium hydroxide) and water at a relatively high temperature and for a certain period of time under certain conditions. The process variables were: lime loading ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark Thomas; Davison, Richard (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2010-10-26)
      The disclosure includes a method, process and apparatus for the conversion of biomass to carboxylic acids and/or primary alcohols. The system may include a pretreatment/fermentation subsystem operable to produce a fermentation ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark Thomas; Davison, Richard (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2012-02-28)
      The disclosure includes a method, process and apparatus for the conversion of biomass to carboxylic acids and/or primary alcohols. The system may include a pretreatment/fermentation subsystem operable to produce a fermentation ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark Thomas; Davison, Richard (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2012-10-09)
      The disclosure includes a method, process and apparatus for the conversion of biomass to carboxylic acids and/or primary alcohols. The system may include a pretreatment/fermentation subsystem operable to produce a fermentation ...
    • Holtzapple, Mark T.; Davison, Richard R. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1999-02-02)
      The invention is directed to methods for the pretreatment of a lignocellulose-containing biomass. Pretreatment comprises the addition of calcium hydroxide and water to the biomass to form a mixture, and subjecting the ...