Sludge Analysis Service
Submit sludge
for analysis.
American Rare Earths
LaNova properly characterizes DAF solids for beneficial reuse — a full treatability analysis and lab analytical that determines the economic feasibility of treating your solids, not guessing at it.
The Service
Characterize
for reuse.
Dissolved air flotation solids are too often treated as a waste stream — hauled, landfilled, or burned at a loss. LaNova treats them as a resource to be characterized first, then engineered toward beneficial reuse.
We run a full treatability analysis and lab analytical on your actual solids — not a generic profile — to determine which lanthanide blends act on your matrix, what can be recovered, and whether the economics close. The deliverable is a clear economic feasibility report: dose, cost, recoverable value, and the path to reuse-grade output.
Technical Capabilities
The chemistry
we bring.
A clear list of the specific chemical processes LaNova deploys — from rare earth optimization to nitrification troubleshooting — so clients know exactly what we can do on their water.
01
Rare earth coagulant optimization
Lanthanide blends tuned to your matrix — denser, faster settling at a fraction of the conventional aluminum or ferric dose, with non-hazardous handling.
02
Nitrification troubleshooting
Toxicity evaluation, alkalinity restoration, and staged biomass recovery after upsets — keeping ammonia within permit and avoiding violations.
03
Phosphorus removal optimization
Engineered non-hazardous blends that hit ultra-low effluent P across variable flow and load, where standalone rare earths cost too much or fall short.
04
DAF solids characterization
Full composition, solids content, bound constituents, and contaminant profile — the baseline that determines what can be recovered.
05
Lipid / protein phase separation
Patented rare earth density modification separates the fat and protein fractions of DAF solids so each can be recovered instead of trucked.
06
PFAS compliance strategy
Destruction over concentration — a defensible compliance path that eliminates the secondary PFAS waste stream rather than shifting it.
07
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) evaluation
Isolate the cause across the train — residual metallic coagulant carryover, inhibition — and eliminate the toxic residual without rebuilding the plant.
08
Tertiary treatment support
Fractional expertise that back-fills your polishing train to deliver reuse-grade effluent without adding permanent headcount.
Real Recoveries
From waste
to product.
Not renderings — the actual work. Dried solids off the tricanter, the fat fraction we recover from sludges that were formerly discarded, and the bench characterization that proves the economics.
Tricanter discharge
Dried solids coming off the tricanter on LaNova chemistry — a stream that used to be hauled off as waste.
Recovered fat
Extracted lipid fraction from DAF solids — the product that was formerly discarded and landfilled.
Process water characterization
Bench-top characterization of the process water — phase separation and residual profile.
Dose & mass
Portion-controlled weighing of the recovered fraction — the numbers behind the economics.
Jar test station
Flocculation and settling trials — tuning the chemistry to the matrix in front of us.
High-load ammonia primary
Difficult primary water carrying blood — a matrix most coagulants can't touch. We characterize it on the bench first.
Blood in the water
The same challenging stream under the stirrer — color and particulate tell us everything about how to treat it.
Four-jar comparison
Side-by-side dosing across the train — the off-white and straw jars show where the chemistry starts to win.
The Process
From sample
to feasibility.
01
Submit Sample
Send us your DAF solids or sludge with a brief on its source and current handling.
02
Full Characterization
We characterize the solids — composition, solids content, bound constituents, and contaminant profile.
03
Treatability Analysis
A full treatability study determines which lanthanide blends and processes act on your specific matrix.
04
Lab Analytical
Laboratory analytical confirms performance — effluent quality, recoverable fractions, and reuse-grade output.
05
Economic Feasibility
We deliver an economic feasibility report: dose, cost, recoverable value, and the path to beneficial reuse.
Submit for Analysis
Send us
your solids.
Tell us about your DAF solids or sludge. We'll respond with sample handling instructions and begin characterization on receipt.