To understand the sulfur recovery behavior during regeneration of SO
2-adsorbed sorbents inNH
3, the reactions of SO
2-NH
3-H
2O in the absence of O
2 are studied in a temperature rangeof 10-80
C and feed NH
3/SO
2 molar ratios of 1-3. The solid products are analyzed by thermalgravimetric analysis, the element analysis, and the wet chemical analysis. The results showthat the reactions are very fast and the products are mixtures of various types of ammonium-sulfites with (NH
4)
2SO
3 as the main component. A lower temperature, a greater NH
3/SO
2 molarratio, and a higher water vapor content favor the SO
2 conversion to the sulfites. The amount ofthe sulfites collected and their composition are correlated to temperature and the feed NH
3/SO
2molar ratios.