The removal efficiency of dimethyl sulfide (DMS), tert-butylmercapatan (TBM), and tetrahydo thiophene (THT) was investigated for applying to hydrogen station. The sorbents such as Cu/Al 2 O 3 , ZnO/Al 2 O 3 , Cu/ ZnO, and Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 were prepared by the coprecipitation method and characterized by XRD, surface area, and pore size distribution measurements. Among the various sorbents employed for the removal sulfur compounds, the Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 exhibits superior activity compared to the conventional ZnO sorbent (G-72D) as well as the others. The order of sorption capacity for the removal sulfur compounds after hydrodesulfurization (HDS) was found to be Cu/ZnO

The removal of sulfur-containing odorants from natural gas has been investigated by using sorption. The CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 sorbents were prepared by a coprecipitation/aging method. A reduced sorbent, namely, Cu/ZnO/Al2O3, has a sorption capacity of 0.5 mmol/g at 250 °C when the sodium content is kept below 0.027 wt %. The high sorption capacity of the sorbent is due to the better dispersion of nanocrystalline copper metal particles in a zinc oxide matrix as confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The Brunauer−Emmett−Teller surface area of calcined material (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3) increased systematically from 18.38 to 104.26 m2/g with the lowering of the residual “Na” concentration. The temperature-programmed reduction study revealed that high incorporation of “Na” made the reduction of the CuO phase difficult in unwashed sorbent. However, as the “Na” content is lowered below 0.027 wt %, the reduction of CuO particles occurred at much lower temperatures because of the strong interaction of nanosized CuO with ZnO particles.

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