The invention belongs to chemical equipment, and particularly relates to a membrane catalytic reactor. The membrane catalytic reactor comprises a feed port, a
discharge port, a
raw material chamber, a product chamber, a jacket, an electric stirrer and a
catalytic membrane, wherein the electric stirrer is arranged above the
raw material chamber; stirring paddles extend into the
raw material chamber; the
catalytic membrane is arranged between the raw material chamber and the product chamber; the feed port is formed on the top of the raw material chamber; the
discharge port is formed at the bottom of the product chamber; and the jacket is arranged outside the raw material chamber, the
catalytic membrane and the product chamber. By adopting the membrane catalytic reactor for performing
esterification reaction, the
energy consumption is low, and the reaction efficiency is high; the problems of separation and
recovery of a catalyst are avoided, and the product cost is reduced; strongly acidic cation exchange resin
powder is used as a catalytically
active matter; polyethersulfone is used as a base material; a
hybrid membrane which is prepared by a
phase conversion method is a catalytic membrane which has higher efficiency for catalytic
esterification reaction and has no problems of equipment
corrosion, environment
pollution and the like; and the membrane catalytic reactor has the advantages of simple equipment structure, high adaptability, easiness in control of process, convenience in operation and suitability for industrial implementation.