The invention relates to a method for continuously preparing high-
bulk density methionine crystals. The process of the method is as follows: a
hydrolysate, which is obtained from reaction of 5-(beta-methylthioethyl)
hydantoin and a
potassium carbonate solution, is mixed with an outside circular material from a DTB
neutralization crystallizer with a
gas phase neutralization section, the mixture is cooled and enters a liquid
distributor in a
neutralization area in the upper part of the crystallizer, the mixture is sprayed in drops or trickles into
carbon dioxide gas for neutralization reaction, and then falls naturally into a
crystallization area in the lower part to be mixed with a material in the area, the mixture grows on tiny crystals in a
system to form crystals with larger grain sizes, and meanwhile new
crystal nucleuses are formed; in a deposition area in the middle part of the
crystallization area, the crystals with larger grain sizes sink into a washing leg, the tiny crystals circulate along with the outside circular material, a part of the outside circular material is used for washing the crystals in the washing leg, and the other part of the outside circular materials is mixed with the
hydrolysate; the crystals in the washing leg are separated, washed and then dried to obtain the high-
bulk density methionine product.