The invention relates to a high-
silicon MFI
zeolite adsorbent without
adhesive and a preparation method thereof, which mainly aim at solving the problems of small adsorption capacity of an adsorbent for PX in mixed
xylene C8, as well as low adsorption rate and poor separation effect in the prior art. The high-
silicon zeolite adsorbent without
adhesive is prepared through the steps of adding high-
silicon MFI
powder in specific grain size distribution into a silicon
adhesive for forming and performing
crystal transformation, wherein the grain size of the adsorbent is 16-40 meshes; at
room temperature, when a
solid-
liquid ratio is 3 to 5, the adsorption capacity of per
gram of adsorbent for p-
xylene in a 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene solution containing 10% of p-
xylene based on weight percent is greater than 0.102g, the selectivity coefficient of p-xylene for
ethylbenzene, o-xylene and m-xylene is higher than 9.0, and within initial three minutes, the adsorption rate of the per
gram of adsorbent for p-xylene is greater than 22mg / minute. By virtue of the technical scheme, the technical problems are well solved and the high-silicon MFI
zeolite adsorbent without adhesive can be used for separation of p-xylene in C8 arene.