Eduard Guerra
Biography
Originally from the Sudbury area, Eduard is a graduate of Laurentian's Engineering program (Extractive Metallurgical Engineering, 1993). He obtained M.A.Sc. (1997) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from the University of British Columbia in the Department of Metals and Materials Engineering. In between his graduate degrees, and prior to joining the faculty of the Bharti School of Engineering, he worked for several years in both industrial research and operations.
Education
- Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)
- M.A.Sc. (University of British Columbia)
- B. Eng. (Laurentian University)
- B.Sc. (Laurentian University)
Research
Dr. Guerra's field of expertise can be broadly categorized as hydrometallurgy. He is primarily interested in reducing the energy requirements and environmental impacts of metal production. Currently, he is working on an alternative method to destroy cyanide from gold mill effluents using an electrolytic cell equipped with manganese dioxide coated anodes. He recently supervised a Ph.D. project that led to the development (and patenting) of a technology to produce activated carbon coated polystyrene beads as an alternative gold cyanide adsorbent to pure activated carbon. A great deal of this past research focussed largely on examining reusable solid catalysts to provide high reaction rates while reducing acid generation during pressure oxidation of sulfide minerals. Another notable past project involved research into the use of a group of relatively nontoxic sulfur containing organics (often used as pharmaceuticals to treat heavy poisoning) to improve the performance of thiosulfate leaching of gold.
Publications
Selected Journal Articles:
Govindaiah P, Guerra E, Choi Y, Ye Z. (2015). Pressure oxidation leaching of an enargite concentrate in the presence
of polytetrafluoroethylene beads. Hydrometallurgy. 157: 340-347.
Stolar R, Guerra E, Shepherd J L. (2015). The Influence of Thiolate Readsorption on the Quality of Mixed Monolayers Formed through an Electrochemical Method. Langmuir. 31(7): 2157-2166.
Smith S, Guerra E, Siemann S, Shepherd J L. (2011). Au Dissolution During the Anodic Response of Short-Chained Alkylthiols with Polycrystalline Au Electrodes. Electrochimica Acta. 56(24): 8291-9298.
Mathew R, Papangelakis V, Guerra E. (2010). Interfacial Phenomena in the Sulfur-Polytetrafluoroethylene System Under Hydrothermal Conditions. Minerals Engineering. 23(14): 1113-1119.
Guerra E, Bestetti M. (2006). Physicochemical Properties of ZnSO4-H2SO4-H2O Electrolytes of Relevance to Zinc Electrowinning. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. 51(5): 1491-1497.
Guerra E*, Kelsall G, Bestetti M, Dreisinger D, Wong K, Mitchell K, Bizzotto D. (2004). Use of Underpotential Deposition for Evaluation of Overpotential Deposition Kinetics of Reactive Metals. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 151(1): E1-E6.
Guerra E, Dreisinger D,. (1999). A Study of the Factors Affecting Copper Cementation of Gold from Ammoniacal Thiosulphate Solution. Hydrometallurgy. 51(2): 155-172.
Selected Conference Papers:
Hume S, Guerra E, Shepherd J, Choi Y. (2015). The effect of DMSA addition on the performanceof thiosulfate leaching of gold. COM 2015 the Conference of Metallurgist Proceedings. COM 2015, Toronto, Canada (1-11). Metallurgical Society of CIM, Canada.
Uceda, M., Choi, Y., Shepherd, J.L., Guerra, E.(2013). Investigating the Influence of Meso-2,3-Dimercaptocuccininc Acid on Thiosulfate Leaching of Bulk Gold Electrodes. World Gold 2013. World Gold 2013 Challenges in Gold Mining, Brisbane, Australia (207-214). The Austrialasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australia.
Guerra E, Bestetti M, Amaratunga L. (2008). The Potential Applications of Raman Spectroscopy for OnStream Monitoring and Control of Acidity of Mine and Mill Waste and Process Streams. Proceedings of the International Symposium on WALSIM: Water, Air and Land; Sustainability Issues in. 47th Conference of Metallurgists, Winnipeg, Canada (249-258.
Guerra E, Shepherd J. (2007). Tapered Anodes for Copper Electrowinning. Volume 5 - Electrowinning and Electrorefining. Copper-Cobre 2007 International Conference, Toronto, Canada (13-22).
Guerra E, Shepherd J L. (2006). Cathode Guides for Conventional Copper Electrorefining Reactors Employing Starter Sheet Cathodes. ECS Transactions – Denver, Volume 2, Electrochemistry in Mineral and Metal Processing VII. 209th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Denver, United States (345-354).
Guerra E, Kelsall G, Li G. (2001). Model of local potentials and reactions at electrode/electrolyte/air
interfaces in zinc electrowinning reactors. Electrometallurgy 2001. 40th Annual Conference of Metallurgists
of CIM (COM 2001), Toronto, Canada (349-360).