Modification of ZnO−TiO₂ High-Temperature Desulfurization Sorbent by ZrO₂ Addition

To develop a highly reactive and easily regenerable zinc oxide high-temperature desulfurization sorbent, a modification of ZnO−TiO 2 by addition of ZrO 2 was studied. The metal oxides ZnO−TiO 2 −ZrO 2 were prepared by a coprecipitation method: the amount of ZnO was a fixed 50 mol % of the sample. In this study, it was found that the addition of 5 or 10 mol % ZrO 2 to 50 mol % ZnO−50 mol % TiO 2 greatly improved the reactivity for H 2 S removal. Furthermore, the addition of ZrO 2 improved its regenerability: the temperature for the regeneration of the sample was decreased to ca. 40 °C in the absence of H 2 O and ca. 75 °C in the presence of 10% H 2 O by the addition of 10% ZrO 2 .