With the development of the semiconductor, new energy engineer fields, the detection of hydrogen sulfide (H
2S) with extremely low concentration has received increasing attention. To solve the difficulties in the trace H
2S detection, this work combined the preconcentration technology with the cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS), and established the preconcentration-CRDS system to detect the trace H
2S impurities. This paper systematically introduced the selection of solid adsorbents, system structure design and experimental schemes. Based on the detectable concentration of CRDS (0.5 µmol/mol H
2S), the H
2S concentration in the preconcentration experiment was demonstrated, and the quantitative relationship between the concentration maximum in desorption stage and the initial concentration of H
2S was established. The system performance, including reproducibility and the detection limitation, was analyzed in detail. Finally, the H₂S concentration in six fuel gases (CH
4,C
2H
6,C
2H
4,C
3H
8,C
4H
10 and CO) was determined quantitatively based on the established system. Based on the production processes and the experimental results, the possible sources of H
2S in different fuel were analyzed. The preconcentration - CRDS system in this study shown an excellent performance in trace H
2S detection, which offered an innovative approach to monitor the H
2S with the extremely low concentration.