Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is a process technology with potential for application in different areas including environmental, food processing, and biofuels production. Although HC is an undesirable phenomenon for hydraulic equipment, the net energy released during this process is enough to accelerate certain chemical reactions. The application of cavitation energy to enhance the efficiency of lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment is an interesting strategy proposed for integration in biorefineries for the production of bio-based products. Moreover, the use of an HC-assisted process was demonstrated as an attractive alternative when compared to other conventional pretreatment technologies. This is not only due to high pretreatment efficiency resulting in high enzymatic digestibility of carbohydrate fraction, but also, by its high energy efficiency, simple configuration, and construction ...

This work was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica CONCyTEC-Perú (Grant number 219-2014) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq-Brazil, (Grant number 449609/2014-6 and 168930/2017-0). Authors are grateful to Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) –Brazil by the donation of microorganism.