Patent ID: 7074324

Claim:
A process for removing organic sulfur and elemental sulfur moieties from a sulfur moiety-containing hydrocarbon stream, which process comprises: contacting the sulfur moiety-containing hydrocarbon stream in the substantial absence of added hydrogen with an adsorbent material comprised of at least one Group VIII metal and at least one Group VI metal selected from the group consisting of Mo and W on a suitable refractory support material until the adsorbent material becomes substantially saturated; regenerating the substantially saturated adsorbent material at hydrodesulfurization conditions in the presence of a flow of hydrogen-containing gas at effective pressures of about 60 to 500 psig and temperatures of about 200Â° C. to about 500Â° C. to result in the desulfurization, by conversion to hydrogen sulfide, of at least a portion of the adsorbed sulfur moieties from the adsorbent material.