The invention relates to a catalyst used for
coal tar pitch hydrocracking lightening reaction. The preparation method of the catalyst comprises the following steps: taking an inorganic porous material as a carrier; selecting at least one of
alumina,
silica gel containing
alumina, MCM-41 (mobile crystalline material-41) and SBA-15 (santa barbara amorphous-15); loading one or two of
metal elements Fe, Ni, Co and Mo of
active components onto the carrier in the form of metallic
oxide or metallic sulphide by adopting a vacuum immersion method, wherein the metallic
oxide or metallic sulphide content of the
active components is 1-20wt% of the catalyst; then
drying for 1-14 hours under the conditions that
nitrogen is used for protection, normal pressure is kept and the temperature is 70-120 DEG C; and then
roasting at the temperature of 500 DEG C for 3 hours. The catalyst in the invention has the advantages of simple preparation process, high catalytic activity, less reaction coking and high cracked light oil yield, thus being especially applicable to hydrocracking lightening of heavy component and
pitch in
coal tar, and the catalyst in the invention can cause conversion per pass of
coal bar
pitch to reach more than 70%.