The invention discloses a preparation method of tert-butyl
alcohol, and relates to the technical field of chemical raw materials. The method comprises the following steps: pretreatment of a catalyst: activating the
solid acid catalyst to remove possible impurities and
moisture so as to improve the activity and selectivity of the catalyst;
hydration reaction: adding the pretreated catalyst into a reaction
tower, introducing isobutene gas and water, stirring, and carrying out
hydration reaction under the action of the catalyst; and separation and purification: the reacted mixture enters a separator, tert-butyl
alcohol and the
raw material are separated out, the unreacted
raw material isobutene is circulated back to the reaction kettle to continue to participate in the reaction, the separated crude tert-butyl
alcohol product enters a rectifying
tower to be rectified and purified, and the tert-butyl alcohol product is obtained. Compared with a traditional liquid acid catalyst, the
solid acid catalyst has the advantages of being easy to separate, capable of being repeatedly used, small in
corrosion to equipment and the like.