The invention relates to the field of
petrochemical industry, in particular to a method for
continuous production of
propylene oxide by direct oxidation of propylene with
hydrogen peroxide through tubular reactors. The method comprises the steps: a catalyst, namely
phosphotungstic acid quaternary ammonium salt is mixed with the
hydrogen peroxide and an
organic solvent, and the mixture is subjectedto azeotropic
dehydration and then sequentially reacts through the multi-stage tubular reactors which are connected in series; and a
raw material, namely the liquid propylene is divided into multiplestrands to be parallelly added into all the stages of tubular reactors, reacting mixed liquid flowing out from the tubular reactor of the last stage enters a
tower reactor, and after reacting of thereacting mixed liquid in the
tower reactor is completed, the reacting mixed liquid enters a separating
system. The design is ingenious, through combination of the tubular reactors and the
tower reactor and reasonable control over the reacting temperature and the reacting pressure, the
atmosphere needing to be protected by N2 in the reactors in a laboratory process is omitted, and condensation filter tower devices which are additionally arranged in the reactors because of protection of the N2 and control over the
oxygen content are omitted; the equipment investment and the
tail gas treatment cost are saved greatly,
tail gas emission of the reactors is less, and thus
pollution to the environment is less; and the method has
potential market value.