Patent ID: 7563424

Claim:
A method for removing sulfur compounds from fluids, the method comprising: (a) forming compressed metal oxide composition particles that comprise at least one metal oxide and a binder with a method that comprises mixing the at least one metal oxide and the binder to form a metal oxide mixture, compacting said metal oxide mixture to form a compressed metal oxide composition, breaking said compressed metal oxide composition to form said compressed metal oxide composition particles, and screening said particles so that at least 90% of said particles have a final particle size equal to between about 0.1 mm and about 200 mm, wherein the metal of the at least one metal oxide is a iron, zinc, or manganese; and, (b) passing the fluids over said compressed metal oxide composition particles, thereby causing removal of the sulfur compounds from the fluids, wherein the fluids passed over said compressed metal oxide composition particles are at a temperature that is less than 200° C.