<p>Adsorbent CuO/g-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> for adsorption of SO<sub>2</sub> were prepared by impregnating Cu(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.3H<sub>2</sub>O solution. Five types of adsorbent were obtained 5Cu (intended Cu concentration of 5%, actual of 4.92%), 8Cu (7.68%), 15Cu(14.13%), 22Cu (20.80%) and 27Cu (25.80%). For activity test, model gas containing SO<sub>2</sub> with a concentration of about 0.755 mol/m<sup>3</sup> were passed through the bed of 1 gram adsorbent at a flow rate in the range of 1.4-1.8 mL/s. Adsorption of SO<sub>2</sub> were carried out at a constant temperature of 300, 350, 400 or 450 °C. Increasing sulfur loadings (gram of sulfur per gram of adsorbent) were observed with increasing adsorption temperatures, but not with increasing Cu content in the adsorbent. Among those types, adsorbent of 8Cu was considered as the best with respect to the sulfur loading (3 g of sulfur per 100 g of adsorbent). Adsorbent 5Cu had actually a better sulfur loading, but it was suspected being contributed also by adsorption of SO<sub>2</sub> on Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. The shrinking core model was used in the kinetic study of adsorption using 8Cu and with additional assumption of a spherical particle. Compared to film diffusion and pore diffusion controlling step models, the reaction rate limitation was the best to fit the experimental data. The reaction rate constant for this model at temperatures of 300, 350, 400 and 450 °C were 0.022, 0.038, 0.042, and 0.059 kg.m.mol<sup>-1</sup>.min<sup>-1</sup>, respectively. The activation energy was 21.25 kJ.mol<sup>-1</sup> and the frequency factor was 2.02 min<sup>-1</sup>. Copyright © 2016 BCREC GROUP. All rights reserved</p><p><em>Received: 10<sup>th</sup> November 2015; Revised: 29<sup>th</sup> February 2016; Accepted: 29<sup>th</sup> February 2016</em></p><p><strong>How to Cite</strong>: Bahrin, D., Subagjo, S., Susanto, H. (2016). Kinetic Study on the SO<sub>2</sub> Adsorption using CuO/γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3 </sub>Adsorbent. <em>Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis</em>, 11 (1): 93-100. (doi:10.9767/bcrec.11.1.425.93-99)</p><p><strong>Permalink/DOI:</strong> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.11.1.425.93-99">http://dx.doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.11.1.425.93-99</a></p><p> </p>