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Review
. 2022 Jan 25;9(1):7.
doi: 10.1186/s40643-022-00499-2.

Hydrodynamic cavitation for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment: a review of recent developments and future perspectives

Thiago Averaldo Bimestre  1 , José Antonio Mantovani Júnior  2 , Eliana Vieira Canettieri  3 , Celso Eduardo Tuna  3
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Review

Hydrodynamic cavitation for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment: a review of recent developments and future perspectives

Thiago Averaldo Bimestre et al. Bioresour Bioprocess. .

Abstract

The hydrodynamic cavitation comes out as a promising route to lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment releasing huge amounts of energy and inducing physical and chemical transformations, which favor lignin-carbohydrate matrix disruption. The hydrodynamic cavitation process combined with other pretreatment processes has shown an attractive alternative with high pretreatment efficiency, low energy consumption, and easy setup for large-scale applications compared to conventional pretreatment methods. This present review includes an overview of this promising technology and a detailed discussion on the process of parameters that affect the phenomena and future perspectives of development of this area.

Keywords: Biorefinery; Hydrodynamic cavitation; Hydrodynamic cavitation reactor; Lignocellulosic biomass; Pretreatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Schematic diagram of different HC systems
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Mechanical effect of hydrodynamic cavitation on lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment
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