The invention discloses a
separation method of a
triethylamine-containing
system difficult to separate. According to the technical scheme, water,
alkaline water or brine is adopted as an extractant, acontinuous or intermittent extraction process is adopted to separate
triethylamine and a second component without introduction of new impurities, and the water can be recycled with
no production of
wastewater; then rectification is performed so as to remove residual
triethylamine and second component in a
raffinate phase, the
relative volatility of the triethylamine and second component in the
raffinate phase can be changed greatly, and high-content triethylamine and second component can be recovered efficiently from the
raffinate phase containing low content of triethylamine and second component; and the operation in the
distillation step can be completed by using a simple rectification unit, the
evaporation amount is limited, and the
energy consumption is controllable; therefore, extraction and rectification are coupled in the process so as to realize separation of triethylamine and the second component, and since water,
alkaline water or brine is adopted as the extractant in the whole process with no introduction of other impurities, and addition of the alkali or salts is beneficial to separation of the triethylamine and the second component, the process has the advantages of simple equipment,
investment cost saving, simple operation and operation cost saving, and the advantages are innovation points of the process.