H2 Gas Mixture Research Articles

In Situ Exsolved CuZn Alloy Electrocatalysts for CO2 Conversion to Tunable Syngas Production

AbstractAlloying is considered as a promising method for syngas (H2 and CO mixture gas) generation. However, it is challenging to elucidate the relationship between the ratios of syngas and alloy components for CO2 reduction reaction. Herein, through tuning the Cu/Zn ratio on CuZn alloy, the H2/CO ratios in CuZn‐2 (Cu/Zn = 0.77) can be tuned in a noticeable range between 0.8 and 5.8 at −0.88 to −1.28 V versus RHE, and a durable stability of 12 h. The CuZn‐2 displays better performance and enhanced dynamics than other samples. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopies and Tafel results reveal that CuZn‐2 behaves kinetically optimized performance. Density functional theory calculations results reveal that CuZn alloy exhibits middle desorption intensity of *H for HER compared with pure Zn and Cu. CuZn alloy effectively decreases the energy barrier of CO2 molecules activated to *COOH relative to Zn, and also the alloy renders it easier for *CO desorb to generate CO for Cu. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies also observe a significant intensity of *CO on CuZn‐2. This work demonstrates that alloying Cu and Zn can create active sites, in which Cu acts as an auxiliary active site further facilitating *CO generation.

The energy metabolism of Cupriavidus necator in different trophic conditions.

The "knallgas" bacterium Cupriavidus necator is attracting interest due to its extremely versatile metabolism. C. necator can use hydrogen or formic acid as an energy source, fixes CO2 via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle, and grows on organic acids and sugars. Its tripartite genome is notable for its size and duplications of key genes (CBB cycle, hydrogenases, and nitrate reductases). Little is known about which of these isoenzymes and their cofactors are actually utilized for growth on different substrates. Here, we investigated the energy metabolism of C. necator H16 by growing a barcoded transposon knockout library on succinate, fructose, hydrogen (H2/CO2), and formic acid. The fitness contribution of each gene was determined from enrichment or depletion of the corresponding mutants. Fitness analysis revealed that (i) some, but not all, molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis genes were essential for growth on formate and nitrate respiration. (ii) Soluble formate dehydrogenase (FDH) was the dominant enzyme for formate oxidation, not membrane-bound FDH. (iii) For hydrogenases, both soluble and membrane-bound enzymes were utilized for lithoautotrophic growth. (iv) Of the six terminal respiratory complexes in C. necator H16, only some are utilized, and utilization depends on the energy source. (v) Deletion of hydrogenase-related genes boosted heterotrophic growth, and we show that the relief from associated protein cost is responsible for this phenomenon. This study evaluates the contribution of each of C. necator's genes to fitness in biotechnologically relevant growth regimes. Our results illustrate the genomic redundancy of this generalist bacterium and inspire future engineering strategies.IMPORTANCEThe soil bacterium Cupriavidus necator can grow on gas mixtures of CO2, H2, and O2. It also consumes formic acid as carbon and energy source and various other substrates. This metabolic flexibility comes at a price, for example, a comparatively large genome (6.6 Mb) and a significant background expression of lowly utilized genes. In this study, we mutated every non-essential gene in C. necator using barcoded transposons in order to determine their effect on fitness. We grew the mutant library in various trophic conditions including hydrogen and formate as the sole energy source. Fitness analysis revealed which of the various energy-generating iso-enzymes are actually utilized in which condition. For example, only a few of the six terminal respiratory complexes are used, and utilization depends on the substrate. We also show that the protein cost for the various lowly utilized enzymes represents a significant growth disadvantage in specific conditions, offering a route to rational engineering of the genome. All fitness data are available in an interactive app at https://m-jahn.shinyapps.io/ShinyLib/.

Molecular Hydrogen and Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: A Match Made in Heaven? An In Vitro Pilot Study

Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is frequently implemented in a vast array of modalities such as hemodialysis, cardiopulmonary bypass, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and others. Patients receiving any such therapy are frequently encumbered with chronic inflammation, which is inherently accompanied by oxidative stress. However, ECC treatments themselves are also responsible for sustaining or promoting inflammation. On these grounds, an in vitro study was designed to investigate the therapeutic potential of molecular hydrogen (H2) against pro-inflammatory agents in ECC settings. Five miniature ECMO circuits and a small vial (Control) were primed with heparinized blood from healthy adult donors (n = 7). Three of the ECMO systems were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), out of which one was additionally treated with an H2 gas mixture. After 6 h, samples were drawn for the assessment of specific biomarkers (MCP-1, MPO, MDA-a, TRX1, and IL-6). Preliminary results indicate a progressive oxidative and inflammatory response between the six systems. Circulation has triggered inflammation and blood trauma, but the staggering influence of LPS in this outcome is indisputable. Accordingly, hydrogen’s remedial potential becomes immediately apparent as biomarker concentrations tend to be lower in the H2-handled circuit. Future research should have distinct objectives (e.g., dosage/duration/cycle of hydrogen administration) in order to ascertain the optimal protocol for patient treatment.

Enhanced Hard Magnetic Performance for MnBi Green Powders

Mn55Bi45 melt - spun ribbons were prepared by using the melt-spinning technique followed by annealing in Ar/5%H2 gas mixture. The in-situ formation of ferromagnetic phase (denoted as LTP) of MnBi was observed by the multi-section cycled Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) method. It was found that, the optimal annealing temperature range for forming MnBi LTP is 250 – 280 oC. The prolonging annealing time increases the content of MnBi LTP leading to the increase of saturation magnetization Ms but paid by the drop of the intrinsic coercivity iHc. The MnBi green powders were prepared by the Low Energy Ball Milling method (LEBM) in N2 liquid. The maximum energy product of MnBi green powders is estimated about 10.8 MGOe.

Epitaxial growth of high-quality GaN with a high growth rate at low temperatures by radical-enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

Using our recently developed radical-enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (REMOCVD) technique, we have grown gallium nitride (GaN) on bulk GaN and GaN on Si templates. Three features make up this system: (1) applying very high-frequency power (60 MHz) to increase the plasma density; (2) introducing H2 and N2 gas in the plasma discharge region to produce active NHx radical species in addition to nitrogen radicals; and (3) supplying radicals under remote plasma arrangement with a Faraday cage to suppress charged ions and photons. Using this new REMOCVD system, it was found that high-quality crystals can be grown at lower temperatures than that of MOCVD but the disadvantage was that the growth rate was smaller as 0.2–0.8 μm/h than that by MOCVD. In the present work, we have used a pBN inner shield to prevent the deactivation of radicals to increase the growth rate. The growth conditions such as the plasma power, trimethylgallium (TMG) source flow rate, N2 + H2 gas mixture flow rate, and the ratio of N2/H2 were optimized and it was found that the growth rate could be increased up to 3.4 μm/h with remarkably high crystalline quality comparable to that of MOCVD. The XRD-FWHM of GaN grown on the GaN/Si template and the bulk GaN substrate were 977 arcsec and 72 arcsec respectively. This work may be very promising to achieve high-power GaN/GaN devices.

Catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbon fuels in a potassium ion-conducting reactor

The electrochemically assisted CO2 hydrogenation directly to hydrocarbon fuels was studied, apparently for the first time, over a cheap, widespread and non-precious Fe catalyst in a potassium ion conducting (K-β-Al2O3) reactor, under atmospheric pressure, at relatively low temperatures and using representative concentrated CO2 and H2 gas mixtures and an easily scalable tubular catalyst-electrode configuration. The Fe electrocatalytic film was deposited by dip-coating on a commercial K-β-Al2O3 candle and characterized, both as prepared and after activation and testing, by TPR, TGA, XPS, XRD and SEM-EDX. The optimum operating conditions for both Fe activation (300 ºC, 75% H2, 24 hours) and electropromoted CO2 hydrogenation (300 ºC, 1.5 V, H2/CO2=3) were identified. Long-term tests on electrochemically promoted CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons were performed under selected operating conditions to assess electrocatalyst stability. Both the selectivity to the target product (C5+ hydrocarbons) and the stability of the catalyst can be tuned in situ by modifying the potassium surface coverage via electrochemical pumping of potassium ions through the applied polarization. Finally, as an attempt to improve the catalyst-electrode behaviour, powdered catalysts, based on iron nanoparticles dispersed on KVO3 (a K+ and e- co-conductor) with different Fe loadings (17 and 9 wt%) were prepared and comparatively studied for CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons. The catalyst with higher Fe loading was selected as the most promising, in terms of activity, selectivity and stability, for further catalyst-electrode optimisation by deposition, via dip-coating, of a Fe-KVO3 film on the K-β-Al2O3 candle.

Modeling hydrodynamic and biomass pyrolysis effects of recycled product gases in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor

Fast pyrolysis of biomass in a fluidized bed reactor is typically conducted in a nitrogen gas environment. Recycling product gas can improve the economics of operating such a system by reducing reliance on pure process streams, but much less is known about how recycling pyrolysis product gas may affect fluidization behavior and pyrolysis kinetics. Therefore, gas effects in a fluidized bed biomass pyrolysis reactor were investigated using engineering correlations, low-order models, and CFD simulations for N2, H2, CO, CO2, and CH4 carrier gas mixtures. Our findings reveal viscosity of a gas mixture can be significantly underestimated depending on the model and correlation. Furthermore, fluidization characteristics such as Umf and gas-solid convective heat transfer can be greatly affected by the gas properties. By utilizing H2 as the fluidizing gas (instead of N2), while maintaining a constant fluidization ratio (Us/Umf), the bio-oil yields can be increased ∼5%. This is due to the lower density H2 producing similar hydrodynamics as N2 at higher gas flow rates. These higher flow rates result in shorter gas residence times, and as a result, less secondary reactions that convert bio-oil to light gases and char. Model results also suggest that bio-oil yield is not significantly affected by the type of carrier gas used, with bio-oil yield varying by ∼2% across different gas mixtures while maintaining constant flow rate. This indicates that recycled pyrolytic gas can be used as the carrier gas for biomass pyrolysis.

Deposition of vertical carbon nanostructures by microwave plasma source on nickel and alumina

Vertical carbon nanostructures on metal and ceramic substrates are deposited successfully using planar microwave plasma source at frequency of 2.45 GHz. The PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) with microwave surface wave discharge is applied because it produces a dense plasma providing efficient decomposition of the methane and creation of a large number of reactive particles which results in lower substrate temperature for graphene deposition compared to CVD method. Optimization of the gas mixture of H2, Ar and CH4, and the gas pressure in the chamber results in a homogeneous graphene structures deposition on the substrates of Ni-foil, Ni-foam and alumina ceramics at substrate temperatures ∼600 °C. The plasma parameters of surface wave discharge such as gas temperature, electron temperature and density are obtained by measuring OH-band and Ar-lines using optical emission spectroscopy. The morphology of the vertical carbon structures is obtained using SEM analysis and the characteristics of the graphene layers were determined by Raman spectroscopy.

Synthesis ranges for YBaFe4O7 and its topotactic oxidation in ambient air to YBaFeIII4O8.5

Conditions for YBaFe4O7 synthesis from oxide/carbonate amorphous precursors are investigated versus temperature and partial pressure of oxygen at high-temperature equilibrium with the sample in flowing atmosphere of humidified Ar and H2 gas mixtures. Upon topotactic oxidation in ambient air of the cooled-down product, YBaFeIII4O8.5 forms in a couple of minutes. Neutron powder diffraction suggests that added oxygens enter octahedral holes in the cubic closest packing of O and Ba atoms of YBaFe4O7. Up to two oxygen atoms add to some Fe coordination tetrahedra in the kagome-like layer of YBaFe4O7 in a disordered distribution described as partially occupied crystal-structure sites. The oxidized YBaFeIII4O8.5 is metastable and decomposes at high temperatures into FeIII oxides of barium or yttrium. The synthesized YBaFe4O7 is a powerful room-temperature O2 getter that can be reverted by annealing in the above gas mixture.

Amorphous Ni(OH)2 -Ni3 S2 /NF nano-flower heterostructure catalyst promotes efficient urea assisted overall water splitting.

Urea assisted overall water splitting represents a cost-effective and efficient technology for hydrogen production, which not only obviates the generation of explosive H2 and O2 gas mixture but also minimizes the energy cost for the water splitting. In this study, we employed a one-pot hydrothermal method to directly synthesize Ni(OH)2 -Ni3 S2 /NF hybrid nanoflowers on a nickel foam (NF) substrate, resulting in efficient and stable bi-functional electrocatalysts for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Under alkaline conditions, the Ni(OH)2 -Ni3 S2 /NF catalyst exhibits low voltage requirements of 1.346 V and -0.014 V vs. RHE with a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for UOR and HER, respectively. Furthermore, when employing the Ni(OH)2 -Ni3 S2 /NF catalyst as both anode and cathode for urea-assisted overall water splitting, it requires a cell voltage of merely 1.396 V with a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , which is notably lower than the voltage required for complete water decomposition at the same current density (1.568 V vs. RHE). The one-step synthesis of the Ni(OH)2 -Ni3 S2 /NF catalyst lays a foundation for further exploration of other transition metal complexes as dual-function electrocatalysts, enabling energy-efficient electrolytic hydrogen production and the treatment of urea-rich wastewater.

Experimental analysis of ammonia as input fuel for molten carbonate fuel cell

Hydrogen fuel cells can generate clean and efficient energy, and ammonia as a hydrogen carrier contains more hydrogen in its molecule than hydrogen itself. Utilizing green ammonia as fuel for fuel cells can reduce dependency on fossil fuels. However, there has been less study on the electrochemical performance of ammonia molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs). Hence, this paper sets up a single MCFC experimental bench to conduct research on direct ammonia molten carbonate fuel cells. The electrochemical performance of a direct ammonia MCFC is investigated in terms of key parameters such as temperature and the volume flow ratio of NH3/H2 entering the anode. Additionally, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is employed to study the electrodes of the MCFC. Experimental findings demonstrate that the direct ammonia MCFC performs optimally at 680 °C with a current density of 0.059 A/cm2 and an ammonia conversion rate up to 91.6%. When the mixture gas of NH3 and H2 is used as the cell fuel, the current density (0.057 A/cm2) and the conversion rate of NH3 (84.9%) are higher when the volume flow ratio of NH3/H2 is 9, indicating that the increase of H2 proportion in the mixed gas will affect the conversion of NH3. SEM image analysis of the MCFC electrodes post-experiments reveals that ammonia does not destruct the loose and porous structure of MCFC electrodes, affirming that NH3 can be directly used as the MCFC fuel.

Effect of CO2 and H2 gas mixture in cold water immersion on recovery after eccentric loading

BackgroundThe findings of previous studies support the efficacy of cold water immersion (CWI) with carbon dioxide (CO2) in enhancing muscle blood flow and maintaining aerobic performance efficiency. We hypothesize that the addition of hydrogen gas (H2), known for its antioxidant properties and role in inflammation regulation, to C-CWI can enhance recovery after eccentric exercise. Subjectsand Methods: Thirty-four healthy subjects performed a knee-extensor eccentric exercise. They were randomly allocated into four groups: control, CWI, CO2-rich CWI (C-CWI), and CO2 + H2 gas mixture CWI (CH-CWI). In the three CWI groups, all subjects were immersed in the appropriate bath at 20 °C for 20 min immediately after 60 repetitions of eccentric exercise. Before exercise and after 48 h of recovery, the subjects' maximal voluntary isometric contraction torque (MVC-ISO), maximal voluntary concentric (MVC-CON) contraction torque, countermovement jump (CMJ) height, knee flexion range of motion (ROM), muscle soreness, and muscle thickness were measured. ResultsIn the CH-CWI group only, the MVC-ISO, CMJ height, and ROM did not decrease significantly post-exercise, whereas all of these decreased in the other three groups. Muscle soreness at palpation, contraction, and stretching significantly increased post-exercise in all groups. Echo intensity and tissue hardness did not increase significantly in the CH-CWI group. ConclusionsCH-CWI stimulated recovery from impairments in MVC-ISO torque, CMJ height, knee-flexion ROM, tissue hardness, and echo intensity. These findings indicate that CH-CWI can promote recovery after eccentric exercise.

High Purity Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Separation with Electrochemical Pump Operation of HT-PBI Fuel Cell at 120°C

A commercially available, polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane based electrochemical hydrogen pump (EHP) platform was thoroughly evaluated to generate a benchmark set of performance. A primary gas mixture of CO2 and H2 with a ratio of 4:1 was selected to demonstrate the performance of EHPs while addressing concerns of CO2 poisoning effect. There is no indication of significant CO poisoning as a result of reverse water gas shift reaction (RWGS), and nearly Faradaic current efficiencies were successfully achieved. It was found that humidification of the feed gas at room temperature improved polarization performance while also improving energy efficiency, thus reducing the need for tightly controlled relative humidity of feed gas. A new perspective on EHP energy efficiency calculation methodology is also provided by inclusion of the cell heating requirement into the calculation. In this manner, an overall improvement to energy efficiency nearing 20% was realized by dropping the cell temperature to 120°C while paying no significant penalty to electrochemical performance. Nearly 99.99% pure H2 and 99.93% pure CO2 were produced with a hydrogen yield of 99.34%.

Laser absorption spectroscopy for plasma-assisted thermochemical treatment. Part II.: Impact of the carbon and water contaminants on a low-pressure N2–H2 discharge

The density evolution of , , and molecules over time was monitored by laser absorption spectroscopy in a low pressure DC pulsed discharge in N2–H2 gas mixtures with addition of CH4 or O2. The discharge was maintained in an industrial-scale, active screen (AS) plasma nitrocarburizing (ASPNC) reactor with a steel AS. The measured species densities were analysed using a simplified kinetic model that includes three characteristic times for chemical processes in the ASPNC reactor. The shortest time (1–4 min) was associated with the gas residence time in the reactor, the middle one (about 20 min) was assigned to surface reactions on the AS and workload, whereas the largest one (about 3–5 h) was assigned to surface reactions on the cold reactor walls. The work highlights the importance of monitoring the gas composition during plasma nitrocarburizing processes in order to maintain defined treatment conditions and compensate for continuously changing chemical kinetics at the internal reactor surfaces.

Effect of Plasma Nitriding Parameters on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of DIN 1.2367 Hot Work Tool Steel

This study investigated the hardness and wear on DIN 1.2367 hot work tool steel after applying plasma nitriding processes under different conditions. The effect of the plasma nitriding process temperature and the N2:H2 gas mixture ratio was examined in the group of specimens investigated. In the plasma nitriding process applied to the group, the increase in the N2 ratio in the gas mixture significantly increased the hardness and wear properties of the material. In addition, the wear resistance of the specimen with the highest hardness value was increased.

Understanding the Impact of Sintering Temperature on the Properties of Ni–BCZY Composite Anode for Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Application

Understanding the impact of sintering temperature on the physical and chemical properties of Ni-BaCe0.54Zr0.36Y0.1O3-δ (Ni-BCZY) composite anode is worthy of being investigated as this anode is the potential for protonic ceramic fuel cell (PCFC) application. Initially, NiO–BCZY composite powder with 50 wt% of NiO and 50 wt% of BCZY is prepared by the sol–gel method using citric acid as the chelating agent. Thermogravimetric analysis indicates that the optimum calcination temperature of the synthesised powder is 1100 °C. XRD result shows that the calcined powder exists as a single cubic phase without any secondary phase with the lattice parameter (a) of 4.332 Å. FESEM analysis confirms that the powder is homogeneous and uniform, with an average particle size of 51 ± 16 nm. The specific surface area of the calcined powder measured by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) technique is 6.25 m2/g. The thickness, porosity, electrical conductivity and electrochemical performance of the screen-printed anode are measured as a function of sintering temperature (1200–1400 °C). The thickness of the sintered anodes after the reduction process decreases from 28.95 μm to 26.18 μm and their porosity also decreases from 33.98% to 26.93% when the sintering temperature increases from 1200 °C to 1400 °C. The electrical conductivities of the anodes sintered at 1200 °C, 1300 °C and 1400 °C are 443 S/cm, 633 S/cm and 1124 S/cm at 800 °C, respectively. Electrochemical studies showed that the anode sintered at 1400 °C shows the lowest area specific resistance (ASR) of 1.165 Ω cm2 under a humidified (3% H2O) gas mixture of H2 (10%) and N2 (90%) at 800 °C. Further improvement of the anode’s performance can be achieved by considering the properties of the screen-printing ink used for its preparation.

Ammonia as an SOFC Fuel

SOEC operation using ammonia as a fuel was investigated. At high temperatures (T>800oC) cell performance closely resembles performance in equivalent gas mixtures of N2 and H2. Between 600 oC < T < 750 oC, however, a mild impeding effect of presence of ammonia on the hydrogen oxidation rate is observed. Further, the fuel cell durability when operating on ammonia was tracked over test periods between 2000 and 6000 hours at different temperatures. In general, degradation rates observed in ammonia were similar to degradation rates observed when operating in a 1:3 gas mixture of N2/H2. Some morphological changes in the fuel electrode support and auxiliary Ni-meshes were observed after test. These indicate Ni-nitride formation and whereas this is detrimental to the Ni-mesh, it did not affect overall cell performance. Experiments with ammonia operation at stack level were also conducted illustrating the potential to realize a stack cooling by internal ammonia cracking.

Interface formation mechanism of GaN on Al-pretreated ScAlMgO4 (0001) substrates

GaN layers are grown on Al-pretreated ScAlMgO4 (0001) substrates by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE) without using low-temperature (LT) buffer layers. The Al pretreatment is performed under a H2 and N2 gas mixture and results in the nucleation of AlN on the ScAlMgO4. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that the ScAlMgO4 (0001) surface is terminated with the rocksalt phase ScO (111). Because of the chemical nature of the ScO layer, the AlN nuclei are N-polar. However, subsequent GaN MOVPE inverts the polarity to metal-polar in the vicinity of the boundary between the interfacial AlN nucleation layer and GaN layer, which is attributed to the GaN surface during MOVPE being more stable when it is metal-polar. The grown GaN layers exhibit better crystalline quality compared with GaN grown on ScAlMgO4 or sapphire (0001) substrates using conventional LT-buffer technology, thereby demonstrating the promise of the method to produce high-quality GaN epilayers on ScAlMgO4.

Revealing the Role of CO during CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu Surfaces with In Situ Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy.

The reactions of H2, CO2, and CO gas mixtures on the surface of Cu at 200 °C, relevant for industrial methanol synthesis, are investigated using a combination of ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) and atmospheric-pressure near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (AtmP-NEXAFS) spectroscopy bridging pressures from 0.1 mbar to 1 bar. We find that the order of gas dosing can critically affect the catalyst chemical state, with the Cu catalyst maintained in a metallic state when H2 is introduced prior to the addition of CO2. Only on increasing the CO2 partial pressure is CuO formation observed that coexists with metallic Cu. When only CO2 is present, the surface oxidizes to Cu2O and CuO, and the subsequent addition of H2 partially reduces the surface to Cu2O without recovering metallic Cu, consistent with a high kinetic barrier to H2 dissociation on Cu2O. The addition of CO to the gas mixture is found to play a key role in removing adsorbed oxygen that otherwise passivates the Cu surface, making metallic Cu surface sites available for CO2 activation and subsequent conversion to CH3OH. These findings are corroborated by mass spectrometry measurements, which show increased H2O formation when H2 is dosed before rather than after CO2. The importance of maintaining metallic Cu sites during the methanol synthesis reaction is thereby highlighted, with the inclusion of CO in the gas feed helping to achieve this even in the absence of ZnO as the catalyst support.

Application of Plasma Bridge for Grounding of Conductive Substrates Treated by Transferred Pulsed Atmospheric Arc

An atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) sustained by a pulsed atmospheric arc (PAA) transferred on an electrically conducting surface was operated with a mean power of 700 W, a pulse frequency of 60 kHz, and a gas mixture of N2 and H2 with up to 10% H2, flowing at 30 to 70 SLM. It was shown that the plasma bridge ignited between the grounded injector and electrically conducting and floating substrates can be used for electrical grounding. This allowed for arc transfer on such substrates. The plasma bridge was stable for Argon flow through the injector from 3 to 10 SLM. Its length was between 5 and 15 mm. The plasma bridge current was 350 mA. The copper contact pads on an alumina electronic board were treated using the plasma bridge sustained by Ar injection for grounding. First, an oxide film of about 65 nm was grown by a compressed dry air (CDA) plasma jet. Then, this film was reduced at a speed of 4 cm2/s by forming gas 95/5 (95% of N2 and 5% of H2) plasma jet.