The invention discloses an energy-saving and environmental-protection
butyl acrylate production method. The method comprises the following steps: adding reaction raw materials comprising
acrylic acid and n-
butanol into an esterification kettle according to a
molar ratio of 0.8-1:1, adding a catalyst accounting for 0.5-5% of the total
mass of the added materials and a
polymerization inhibitor accounting for 0.01-0.1% of the total
mass of the added materials into the esterification kettle, carrying out a
steam heating reaction in the esterification kettle to form an esterification product, allowing the esterification product to enter an esterification
tower in an ester-water
azeotrope form, separating, extracting from the top of the esterification
tower, condensing through a condenser, and adding the obtained condensed product to a
phase splitter to layer in order to an ester phase with the content of crude ester of 85-95%; returning most of a kettle liquid of the esterification kettle to the esterification kettle in order to
reflux, allowing a small amount of the kettle liquid to enter a
cracking system, and carrying out
cracking recovery; and carrying out reboiling heating treatment on the returned most kettle liquid, and adjusting a reboiling
system to guarantee the full reaction of the raw materials, effectively control the temperature of the esterification kettle and avoid side reactions. The method can effectively reduce the
occurrence probability of the side reactions and the
wastewater treatment difficulty, saves energy by 5-15%, and is economic and environmentally-friendly.