LI Han, MA Xinfang, FAN Fangyu, YANG Daiyong, WANG Zhenxing, LIU Yun
This study aimed to evaluate the adsorption capacity and potential adsorption mechanisms of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ by passion fruit peel soluble dietary fiber (PSDF). The effects of PSDF dosage, adsorption time and initial metallic ion concentration on the adsorption were investigated through batch adsorption experiments. And the adsorption models were also been established. Experimental results showed that with the increase of PSDF dosage, Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ adsorption capacities decreased, but the adsorption rate increased first and then tends to keep balance. The appropriate PSDF dosage exhibited good adsorption capacity and the utilization rate of PSDF was improved. Moreover, the PSDF adsorption of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ reached saturation state at about 30 min. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ in gastric environment was 6.206, 8.930, and 2.781 mg/g, respectively. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ in the intestinal environment was 12.554, 13.292, and 16.352 mg/g, respectively. Under the same additional amount of PSDF, with the increase of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ initial concentration, adsorption capacities were increased, but the adsorption rate was decreased. Besides, PSDF showed better adsorption properties for Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ in the simulated intestinal environment, compared with the gastric environment. Furthermore, the pseudo-second-order kinetic model could be matched with the adsorption behavior over the whole range of the adsorption process, which indicated that the adsorption rate control step was mainly chemical adsorption. Moreover, the adsorption of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ by PSDF could be described well by Freundlich isothermal model and the relativities were good.