The invention relates to a
zinc-based catalyst used for catalyzing an
acetylene hydration reaction and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method for the
zinc-based catalyst used for catalyzing the
acetylene hydration reaction comprises the following steps: (1) completely dissolving
zinc salt into deionized water so as to obtain a precursor solution; (2) soaking a carrier into the precursor solution, carrying out stirring for 10-14 hours, then carrying out standing for 10-14 hours, and carrying out
drying so as to obtain a catalyst; and (3) performing
plasma treatment, i.e., carryingout
plasma treatment on the catalyst in different
plasma atmospheres so as to obtain the zinc-based catalyst used for catalyzing the
acetylene hydration reaction. The zinc-based catalyst used for catalyzing the acetylene hydration reaction and the preparation method thereof provided by the invention have the following advantages: the preparation process is simple and short in time; the preparation process is clean and free of
pollution; the obtained catalyst is high in efficiency, good in activity in the acetylene hydration reaction and high in selectivity; and the prepared catalyst is a non-mercury catalyst, is used for the acetylene hydration reaction, and can solve the problems of environmental
pollution and harm to the
human health due to a volatile mercury catalyst.