The invention discloses a preparation method of an
alumina carrier. The method comprises the following steps: using an acidic aluminum
salt solution and an alkaline
aluminate solution to carry out a glue-forming process through a parallel flow method, adding a gemini surfactant before the glue-forming process or during the glue-forming process, and after the glue-forming process, subjecting the glue to the processes of aging, filtering, washing,
drying, forming,
drying, and burning so as to obtain the
alumina carrier. The gemini surfactant has the same advantages as those of negative
ion surfactants and positive
ion surfactants, thus the gemini surfactant is used to replace the negative
ion surfactants and positive ion surfactants so as not to bring in new
impurity ions; furthermore, the gemini surfactant has a
large molecular weight and thus has a good pore-enlarging effect; and finally
alumina particles, which have the advantages of
large pore diameter,
large pore volume, and high strength, are obtained. The alumina carrier can be used as a carrier of a hydro-treatment catalyst, and is especially suitable for being taken as a carrier of a
residual oil hydro-treatment catalyst.