A systematic study of mitigation strategies to prevent the emission of malodours from primary settlers in wastewater treatment plants.

Nataliia Kurnikova, Manuel Toledo, Raúl Muñoz

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Article in Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nataliia KurnikovaInstitute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Paseo del Prado de la Magdalena, 3-5, Valladolid, 47011, Spain.

Manuel ToledoDepartamento de Química Inorgánica e Ingeniería Química, Área de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Córdoba, Instituto Químico para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA). Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Campus Universitario de Rabanales (N-IV, km 396), edificio Marie Curie (C3), 14071, Córdoba, Spain.

Raúl MuñozInstitute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Paseo del Prado de la Magdalena, 3-5, Valladolid, 47011, Spain. raul.munoz.torre@uva.es.

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Abstract

Odor emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), primarily driven by sulfur-containing compounds, represent a major environmental and operational challenge that requires effective mitigation strategies. The present study assessed the effectiveness of different strategies of sulfur-borne odor mitigation in the primary settler of a pilot-scale WWTP. The most effective technique was the dosing of the precipitating agent FeCl

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OdorantsWastewaterWater PurificationChloridesFerric CompoundsSulfhydryl CompoundsChloridesferric chlorideFerric CompoundsmethylmercaptanSulfhydryl CompoundsWastewaterHydrogen sulfideMethyl mercaptanOdor mitigation strategiesPrimary settlerVSCWWTP

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PMID42159685

DOI10.1007/s00449-026-03335-5

PMCPMC13328229

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