The invention discloses a method for improving catalytic
dehydration reaction activity of hydroxyl compounds and adjusting product selectivity. According to the method, on the premise of not increasing process condition
harshness including
reaction temperature, a small amount of co-feed substances are added into a
reaction system, and under the conditions of not participating in reaction and not generating additional byproducts, the
dehydration reaction activity of the hydroxyl compound is controllably improved, the selectivity is adjusted, olefin and
ether products are prepared with
high selectivity, and the method is suitable for industrial production. And the co-feeding substance in the
system after the reaction is greatly different from the
boiling point of the main reactant and the
boiling point of the product, so that the
separation process is simple, and the co-feeding substance can be cyclically fed after separation to realize reutilization.