The invention relates to a preparation method of a mesoporous X-type
molecular sieve and a method for preparing an adsorbent by using the
molecular sieve as an
active component. The prepared adsorbent based on the mesoporous X-type
molecular sieve is used as a paraxylene adsorptive separation adsorbent. The method for preparing the mesoporous X-type molecular
sieve comprises the following steps: by using water glass as a
silicon source and aluminum
hydroxide as an aluminum source, adding a template, and carrying out
hydrothermal synthesis to obtain the mesoporous X-type molecular
sieve. The mesoporous molecular
sieve and kaolin are proportionally molded to obtain 0.3-0.8mm granules, and the granules are subjected to
barium ion or (and)
potassium ion exchange until the exchange degree is greater than 99%, thereby obtaining the adsorbent which has excellent adsorptive separation capacity for paraxylene in C8 aromatic hydrocarbons. Compared with the prior art, the
active component mesoporous X-type molecular sieve of the adsorbent, which is prepared by using the template, has the
crystal form structure of the X-type molecular sieve and the
pore distribution of the mesoporous and microporous dual models; the mesoporous pore size distribution is 2nm or so; and thus, the problem of overlow
mass transfer rate in the adsorbent can be solved.