The invention discloses a
system and a method for large-scale preparation of
ethylene glycol from synthesis gas. A gas outlet of a methyl
alcohol rectification and washing
tower is connected to a gas inlet of an esterification
tower; heavy components generated by reaction in the esterification
tower are conveyed to a
carbonylation reactor, and then residual liquid in the esterification tower is discharged; a gas inlet of the
carbonylation reactor is connected with a gas outlet of the esterification tower; heavy components generated by reaction in the
carbonylation reactor are conveyed to the methyl
alcohol rectification and washing tower; after
dimethyl oxalate at a material outlet of a
dimethyl oxalate rectification and washing tower is heated and gasified, the material outlet of the
dimethyl oxalate rectification and washing tower is connected with a gas inlet of a hydrogenation reactor, and then the dimethyl
oxalate is discharged from a gas outlet of the hydrogenation reactor; an
ethylene glycol purification tower is connected with a material outlet of an
ethylene glycol rectification device; a gas outlet of the
ethylene glycol rectification device is connected to the esterification tower; waste liquid in the
ethylene glycol rectification device is discharged. The series number of devices is decreased, the number of sets of equipment is decreased, the
engineering investment is reduced, generation of byproducts is reduced, and consumption is reduced.