Abstract:The removal performances of trace amount of carbon monoxide in liquid propylene at low temperature was studied on the CuO-ZnO-ZrO2 catalyst prepared by an optimized co-precipitation method. The catalyst was characterized by means of XRD, BET and SEM. It is found that ZrO2 existed in amorphous form, which could increase surface area and pore volume, and improve the dispersion of CuO and ZnO particles. The pre-treatment of catalyst was necessary for its application in the removal of CO, and the reduction temperature influenced the catalyst activity significantly. The experiments revealed that the catalyst activated at 160℃ with proper reduction degree of 77.3% exhibited the excellent removal performance of trace amount of carbon monoxide which could remove the CO in liquid propylene from 10 ppm to lower than 0.02 ppm with good stability of 1500 min under the conditions of 50 ℃ and 3.0 MPa. The introduced CO2 into the feed reduced the removal depth of CO on CuO-ZnO-ZrO2 catalyst, which indicated that CO2 had a certain degree of inhibitory effect in CO oxidation.