In this work, the pyrolysis process of oil sludge was studied with spiral feeding cleaning catalytic pyrolysis reactor. The effect of ceramic membrane and nickel-supported ceramic membrane on the removal of particulate matter was studied. The component of pyrolysis oil and gas were investigated by GC-MS. The size and element of particle matter were respectively analysed by SEM and XRF. With a COD rapid analyser, the COD content in pyrolysis water were measured. The result showed that the particle removal rate with nickel-supported ceramic membrane is higher than with ceramic membrane. With nickel-supported ceramic membrane, 98.9% of the solid particles in the pyrolysis gas were removed, 95.77% of the solid particles in the pyrolysis oil were removed, which compared with no ceramic membrane in the apparatus. The result also showed that nickel-supported ceramic membrane had a good effect on particulate matter removal of pyrolysis oil and gas.