dc.creator | Holtzapple, Mark T. | |
dc.creator | Davison, Richard R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T16:55:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T16:55:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-03-28 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176636 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 decomposition of the calcium salts of VFAs to form ketone-containing vapor and calcium carbonate; and separating the ketone-containing vapor from the calcium carbonate and heat transfer agent by condensing a mixture of ketones from the ketone-containing vapor. This invention also provides a process for conversion of VFA salts, produced by anaerobic fermentation of cellulosic biomass, into liquid fuels, volatile fatty acids, aldehydes, alcohols, and lactic acid. | en |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Method for conversion of biomass to chemicals and fuels | en |
dc.type | Utility patent | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.description.country | US | |
dc.contributor.assignee | Texas A&M University System | |
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 08/885896 | |
dc.subject.uspcprimary | 562/513 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 44/385 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 562/580 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 562/589 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 562/606 | |
dc.date.filed | 1997-06-30 | |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 29/145 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 45/54 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C12P 7/40 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 49/04 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 31/08 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 31/10 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 31/12 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | C07C 31/125 | |