A method for removing sulfur compounds including transferring the impurity gas
to a concentration process in which the impurity gas is separated into a concentrated
gas containing hydrogen sulfide and a residual gas containing carbon dioxide, mercaptans
and aromatic hydrocarbons: transferring the concentrated gas to a Claus reaction
process in which hydrogen sulfide is recovered as an elementary sulfur, and an
off-gas discharged from the Claus reaction process is heated to a temperature between
the discharge temperature and 700 C.; introducing the heated off-gas into
a mixing unit provided downstream of the heating means to be mixed with the residual
gas; transferring a resultant mixed gas to a hydrogenation reaction process in
which sulfur compounds are converted into hydrogen sulfide under the presence of
a reduction catalyst; and separating the converted hydrogen sulfide and returning
the separated hydrogen sulfide to the Claus reaction process.