The invention discloses a pure silica
zeolite DD3R hydrogenation catalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The pure silica
zeolite DD3R hydrogenation catalyst takes a DD3R
molecular sieve as a carrier, and a
Cu element and a
Pd element are loaded on the carrier; in the pure silica
zeolite DD3R hydrogenation catalyst, the
mass ratio of the
Pd element is 0.2 wt%-0.6 wt%, and the
mass ratio of the
Cu element is 0.2 wt%-0.7 wt%. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding the structure-directing agent, the
silicon source and the mineralizing agent into deionized water, and uniformly mixing; adding a
palladium source and a
copper source, then adding a
seed crystal, and crystallizing for a certain time; and carrying out suction
filtration, washing,
drying,
roasting and the like on the obtained sample to prepare the pure silica zeolite DD3R hydrogenation catalyst. The catalyst prepared by the invention is used for a reaction for removing trace
acetylene in
ethylene through thermocatalytic hydrogenation, has high specific surface area, high catalytic activity,
high selectivity and high
thermal stability, and can still keep relatively high catalytic activity at a high
space velocity.