| 1. | Abstract | 1 | 
														
																					| 2. | Executive Summary | 2 | 
														
																					| 3. | Objective | 3 | 
														
																					| 4. | Introduction and Background | 4 | 
														
																					| 5. | Experimental Procedure | 5 | 
														
																					| 5.1 | Thermodynamic Evaluation | 5 | 
														
																					| 5.2 | Sorbents Selection and Preparation | 5 | 
														
																					| 5.3 | Reduction Stability Tests | 6 | 
														
																					| 5.4 | Sulfidization/Regeneration Tests | 6 | 
														
																					| 5.5 | Fluidized-Bed Sulfidization Tests | 7 | 
														
																					| 5.6 | Comparison of Hot Gas Desulfurization Sorbents | 7 | 
														
																					| 5.7 | Attrition Tests | 7 | 
														
																					| 6. | Results and Discussion | 8 | 
														
																					| 6.1 | Thermodynamic Evaluation | 8 | 
														
																					| 6.2 | Sorbents Selection and Preparation | 9 | 
														
																					| 6.3 | Reduction Stability Tests | 10 | 
														
																					| 6.4 | Sulfidization/Regeneration Tests | 10 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.1 | Copper-Chromium Oxide Sorbents | 10 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.2 | Copper-Magnesium Oxide Sorbents | 11 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.3 | Copper-Manganese Oxide Sorbents | 11 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.4 | Copper-Cerium Oxide Sorbents | 11 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.5 | Detailed Sulfidization/Regeneration Tests | 12 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.6 | Sorbent Regenerability Tests | 15 | 
														
																					|   | 6.4.7 | Bed Shrinkage | 15 | 
														
																					| 6.5 | Comparison of Hot Gas Desulfurization Sorbents | 16 | 
														
																					| 6.6 | Fluidized-Bed Tests | 17 | 
														
																					| 6.7 | Packed Bed Tests | 18 | 
														
																					| 6.8 | Attrition Tests | 18 | 
														
																					| 7. | Conclusions and Recommendations | 18 | 
														
																					| 8. | References Cited | 19 | 
														
																					| 9. | Figures and Tables | 21-34 |