The invention discloses a
linear alkylbenzene production process and a
linear alkylbenzene production device. The invention adopts a
reactive distillation method to carry out an alkylbenzene reaction. The alkylbenzene reaction is an
exothermic reaction. The heat released by the reaction can be used as a
distillation heat source to achieve full utilization of process energy, thereby reducing production
energy consumption. In addition, the heat generated by the
alkylation reaction is absorbed by the rising
airflow, which can also prevent the temperature of the reaction section from being too high, causing the catalyst to be sintered and then causing the activity to decrease. The catalyst used in the
linear alkylbenzene production process of the invention is a
solid acid catalyst, which is non-corrosive to the reaction equipment and easy to regenerate and recycle. In the production process, the reaction and
distillation occur simultaneously, and the
reaction product continuously flows into the linear alkylbenzene separation
tower for separation, which is conducive to the
alkylation reaction to proceed in the forward direction. In general, the linear alkylbenzene production process of the invention has low
energy consumption, low operating difficulty, long catalyst service life, high conversion rate of linear alkylbenzene, and very few reaction by-products.