Dried prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) cladodes as a low-cost and eco-friendly biosorbent for dyes removal from aqueous solutions

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noureddine Barka ◽  
Khalid Ouzaouit ◽  
Mohamed Abdennouri ◽  
Mohammed El Makhfouk
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus ◽  
Dyes Removal

scholarly journals Prickly pear cactus cladodes powder of Opuntia ficus indica as a cost effective biosorbent for dyes removal from aqueous solutions

3 Biotech ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibtihel Louati ◽  
Mariem Fersi ◽  
Bilel Hadrich ◽  
Bouthaina Ghariani ◽  
Moncef Nasri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus ◽  
Dyes Removal

scholarly journals Biomass and Fruit Production for the Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica

1992 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Garcia de Cortázar ◽  
Park S. Nobel
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Shoot Dry Weight ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Fruit Productivity ◽  
Pear Cactus

Productivity of irrigated prickly pear cactus [Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller] was studied over 3 years in central Chile using two planting densities. A low-density planting (0.25 plants/m2), traditionally favored for fruit production, had maximal fruit productivity in the 2nd year (6 Mg dry weight/ha per year). A high-density planting (24 plants/m2), which assured almost full interception of incident solar radiation, led to an extremely high shoot dry-weight productivity (50 Mg·ha-1·year-1) in the 2nd year and maximal fruit productivity (6 Mg·ha-1·year-1) in the 3rd year. Cladode dry weight tended to increase with cladode surface area. However, fruit production did not occur until the dry weight per cladode exceeded the minimum dry weight for a particular cladode surface area by at least 33 g. The year-to-year variation in fruit production apparently reflected variations in such excess dry weight and, hence, in the storage reserves of individual cladodes.

scholarly journals BIOSORPTION OF LEAD HEAVY METAL ON PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS BIOMATERIAL: KINETIC, THERMODYNAMIC AND REGENERATION STUDIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 919-932
Author(s):  
HANEN NOURI ◽  
ASMA ABDEDAYEM ◽  
INES HAMIDI ◽  
SOUAD SOUISSI NAJJAR ◽  
ABDELMOTTALEB OUEDERNI
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ions ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Intraparticle Diffusion ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pseudo Second Order ◽  
Adsorption Desorption ◽  
Pear Cactus

The potential of Tunisian prickly pear cactus as a low-cost adsorbent for Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution was investigated in batch mode. To determine the optimum adsorption conditions, experiments were conducted varying the operating parameters, as follows: pH of the solutions (2-10), initial concentration of metal ions (0.98-2.4 mmol/L) and temperature (30-60 °C). The adsorption isotherm data were analyzed by applying the Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin–Raduskevich, Temkin and Redlich–Peterson models. The experimental results were better fitted by the Freundlish model. The pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, Elovich and intraparticle diffusion models were applied to the description of the kinetic data. The best fit was achieved for the pseudo-second order model, and the presence of both film and intraparticle diffusion mechanisms was demonstrated. Thermodynamic studies indicated that the biosorption on the cladode powder is an exothermic and chemical process. The desorption/regeneration process was also investigated. The obtained results revealed over 90% desorption of Pb(II) metal ions from the total metal-loaded mass of the adsorbent and good stability of the cactus adsorbent for four successive adsorption/desorption cycles.

Salt tolerance of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

1991 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nerd ◽  
A. Karadi ◽  
Y. Mizrahi
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Prickly Pear Cactus ◽  
Pear Cactus
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