Assessment of different biomass feeding strategies for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane straw

•Fed-batch strategy allowed to increase solid loadings up to 30% (w/v) in enzymatic hydrolysis.•Higher glucose concentrations were reached in fed-batch enzymatic hydrolysis operation.•Less powerful motor is required in fed-batch enzymatic hydrolysis.•Fed-batch operational mode presented better performance in cellulose hydrolysis.•Rheological behavior and power consumption were optimized at 30% (w/v) of solid loadings.