Hydrodynamic Cavitation – A Promising Technology for Biomass Pretreatment

Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass.

Cellulosic plant material represents an as-of-yet untapped source of fermentable sugars for significant industrial use. Many physio-chemical structural and compositional factors hinder the enzymatic digestibility of cellulose present in lignocellulosic biomass. The goal of any pretreatment technology is to alter or remove structural and compositional impediments to hydrolysis in order to improv...

Luminescence from hydrodynamic cavitation

References pa.2010.0134.full.html#ref-list-1 http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/06/24/rs This article cites 15 articles P<P Published online 30 June 2010 in advance of the print journal. Subject collections (127 articles) fluid mechanics • Articles on similar topics can be found in the following collections Email alerting service here the box at the top right-hand corner...

A theoretical study of hydrodynamic cavitation.

The optimization of hydrodynamic cavitation as an AOP requires identifying the key parameters and studying their effects on the process. Specific simulations of hydrodynamic bubbles reveal that time scales play a major role on the process. Rarefaction/compression periods generate a number of opposing effects which have demonstrated to be quantitatively different from those found in ultrasonic c...

Hydrodynamic Cavitation: An Alternative Method for Algae Removal from Water Resources

Radiation Pretreatment of Biomass