A light irradiation apparatus adapted to form an alignment of an LCD device through a photo alignment process is disclosed. The method also includes dissolving the metallic particles in the gelled aqueous fluid to provide a source of metal ions and heating the gelled aqueous fluid to a temperature sufficient to cause the unsaturated fatty acid to auto-oxidize to products present in an amount effective to reduce the viscosity. Coproducts can include corn oil, and high protein animal feed containing the biomass produced in the fermentation. These aggregated health states are analyzed to identify the related component associated with a root cause of the alert condition for an affected component group. In a second embodiment, additional alcohol andor water are co-fed with the feed or fed directly to a catalytic distillation column, resulting in a liquid bottom product stream of substantially pure acetic acid and a top distillate stream of substantially pure ether.