The invention discloses a method for preparing high-purity
dicyclopentadiene (DCPD). The method comprises the steps of adding a diluting agent into crude
dicyclopentadiene serving as a
raw material during
depolymerization, mixing
dicyclopentadiene with the diluting agent in a ratio of 0.5-5, and then putting the mixture into a
depolymerization rectifying
tower, wherein at a normal pressure, the
depolymerization temperature is 160-200 DEG C, the
reflux ratio is 0.5-5, and the depolymerization time is 1-3 hours; obtaining high-purity
cyclopentadiene (CPD) from the top of the
tower, putting the
cyclopentadiene into a tubular reactor to finally obtain dicyclopentadiene of which the purity is more than 99%, wherein the
reaction temperature is 40-120 DEG C, the reaction pressure is 0.1-1.5MPa, and the
residence time is 4-10 hours. The method disclosed by the invention has obvious beneficial effects, can reduce
polymerization reaction of the crude dicyclopentadiene during depolymerization, and can improve the yield of the dicyclopentadiene; meanwhile, the diluting agent can ensure that impurities including isopropenyl
norbornene and the like can be depolymerized, and the purity of dicyclopentadiene is improved, so that the method is particularly suitable for preparing high-purity dicyclopentadiene from the
raw material of crude dicyclopentadiene which is obtained through
pyrolysis C5 thermal dimerization separation.