The invention relates to a method for separating and producing 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene through hydrocracking heavy aromatic hydrocarbons to mainly solve technical problems of low added value of the heavy aromatic hydrocarbons, and complex flow, low product purity, low yield and the like in separation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene monomers from the heavy aromatic hydrocarbons. According to the method,
hydrogen type binder-free ten-membered ring
zeolite loading 0.005-0.5% by
mass of Pt or Pd is adopted as a catalyst,
hydrogen and the heavy aromatic hydrocarbons which are raw materials undergo hydrocracking treatment, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and heavy aromatic hydrocarbons having boiling points greater than the
boiling point of the 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene in products are returned to a reactor, so BTX
aromatic hydrocarbon yield increase and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene separation production are realized. The method well solves the problems, and can be used for the industrial production for yield increases of the BTX (
benzene,
toluene and xylol)
aromatic hydrocarbon and the 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene.