The invention discloses a method for prolonging the service life of a liquid fluorination catalyst, which comprises following steps: (1) an
antimony halide catalyst is firstly added into a reactor, raw materials of AHF and hydrochloric
ether are continuously added, and
chlorine gas is introduced, thus obtaining a rough hydrofluoric
ether product after reaction; (2) the rough hydrofluoric
ether product is rinsed for removing an inorganic acid, the rough hydrofluoric ether product is collected after condensed
liquefaction, and the total 97 to 99 percent of rough product is distilled, thus obtaining a hydrofluoric ether product; and (3) the total 1 to 3 percent of rough hydrofluoric ether product is heated, vaporized and pressure increased by an impulsive device, and then returned to the reactor for being recycled. By arranging a
guide tube inside the reactor, the method leads the top condensed materials to return to the
liquid phase of the reactor, and simultaneously adds the gas impulsive device for introducing gas medium is into the reactor, improving
mass transferring state inside the reactor, and increasing contact probability of
alkyl halide, an activating agent and the catalyst, thus effectively prolonging the service life of the liquid fluorination catalyst. The method has the advantages of high reaction selectivity and yield, long catalyst use time and less device investment, etc.